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GENEALOGICAL RECORD 



THOMAS BASGOM, 



AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 



By EDWARD DOUBLEDAY HAEEIS. 




BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS : 

WILLIAM PARSONS LUNT 

1870. 



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PUBLISHED BY SUBSCRIPTION. 



David Cljlpp & Son, Printers, . . . . » Boston. 



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PREFACE. 



To preserve to the scattered individuals of the race some memo- 
rial of their progenitors, this account of the emigrant Bascom and 
his descendants has been prepared. In the summer of 1862, while 
passing a few days in the little town of Orleans on the outer 
shore of Cape Cod, I was shown the last resting place of one of the 
early ministers — the revered Jonathan Bascom. With a minuteness 
as laudable as, unfortunately, it is infrequent, the engraver had 
placed upon the tombstone the name of the dead man's birth-place, 
an obscure town in central Connecticut. A year later, a visit to 
that place afforded opportunity for a careful inspection of the town 
and church records. From the facts there gathered, augmented by 
others furnished me by the few individuals of the name whom I 
chanced to know, the nucleus was formed for the genealogy contained 
in the following pages. Encouraged by the hearty assistance ex- 
tended to me on all sides, I was tempted to extend the limits of the 
proposed sketch and include all of the male branches of the family, 
so far as they could be reached. 

The genealogist, in the prosecution of his work, meets with peculiar 
difficulties. He must contend with an indifference amounting in 
many cases to total neglect ; with the carelessness of his correspond- 
ents, and with conflicting statements, traditions and records. Out of 
the mass of material finally accumulated he must arrange, select and 
collate ; discard what is improper or unfit for publication ; and at 
the last produce a result which shall be intelligible, and, above all, 
reliable. Entire accuracy in a work of this kind is impossible. 
Despite all care it is to be feared that mistakes will be detected in 
the following pages. Family records sometimes have differed in the 
different branches, and frequently both vary from those of town or 
county ; then, too, much of the information has been communicated 



4 PREFACE. 

by letter, and in many cases hasty transcripts from the family record, 
or indecipherable chirography, should bear the blame if errors be 
found in the print. 

Within my necessarily circumscribed limits it has been found im- 
possible to include more than the briefest notices of individuals. In 
.many cases there will be found simply the bare dates and names, for 
more seemed unattainable except by long delay and much trouble, 
few families being more widely scattered, or more roving in their ten- 
dencies, than this. 

Comparatively few of the male members of previous generations 
have been completely lost sight of, and it is believed that with rare 
exceptions, all in the United States, bearing by right the family name 
of Bascom, can, by simply supplying the given names of parents 
or grand-parents, connect directly with one of the lines found in the 
following pages. * 

Much difficulty was experienced in collecting information of a 
portion of the Fourth Line. In the biography of the late Methodist 
Bishop, Henry-Bidleman Bascom, mention is made of a "genealogi- 
cal tree " in the possession of the family, but its present hiding place 
no perseverance of mine has been able to discover. Search was in- 
stituted, at my request, in the Surrogate Files of all the old New- York 
State counties for the will of his grandfather, and without success. 
The account of this very interesting branch of the family is conse- 
quently defective. 

Commenced and carried to completion in the leisure hours scantily 
accorded by a crowded profession, there has been to me an indescrib- 
able pleasure in the preparation of this genealogy. Imperfect as it 
is, there are those to whom it will come who, I know, will give it 
their warmest greeting — some far along on the journey of life, who, 
glancing down the long list of names, will recall here and there the 
form of one now far distant, or of another long since laid with his 
fathers ; and memory with such will clothe the dead once more with 
the old virtues and with the old failings, both alike, perchance, long 
since forgotten. And of the young, too, there are some to whom 
fancy will paint the sturdy forms of their ancestors, of whose very 
names they have till now been ignorant, and whose resting place no 
man knoweth. 

I cannot close without recording the peculiar kindnesses of a 



PREFACE. . 

few who have greatly aided me in the compilation of the necessary 
material. Mr. Charles Wright, now deceased, was among the 
first, and had his life been spared, I doubt not the manuscript, 
which for three years has been ready for the press, would long since 
have appeared. To Prof. John Bascom, of Willianistown, Mass., 
and to Alonzo Bascom, Esq., of Jafrrey, N. H., I have been largely 
indebted for their hearty interest, as well as for the generous pecu- 
niary aid guaranteed by them in the publication of the work. Simon 
C. Phillips, Esq., of Greenfield, Mass., and Prof. William F. Bas- 
com, of Washington, D. C, both among my earliest helpers, have 
furnished valuable records of their respective lines ; and to the extreme 
kindness of Miss Elizabeth C. Bascom, of Newport, jNT. H., I am 
indebted for very material assistance in the preparation of the branch 
there located. 

The method of arrangement adopted in the following pages will 
be readily understood by the reader. For the sake of convenience, 
and in order to keep those of near relationship in proximity, it was 
thought advisable to divide the work into parts. Thus Part I. in- 
cludes the descent through the oldest line ; Part II. through the 
second line, the separation occurring in the third generation ; and 
Parts HI., IV. and V. through the third, fourth and fifth lines, the. 
separations occurring in the fourth generation. Under the respective 
male heads of families will be found arranged in tabular form the 
names of the children, each with a distinctive numeral which is re- 
tained throughout. Thus on page 17, the issue of 21. Samuel and 
Mary Bascom of the Fifth Generation are 24. Thomas, b. &c. ; on 
the next page, under the heading of the Sixth Generation, is found 
the family of this Thomas with the numerals (21) 24 prefixed, (21) 
being: the distinctive numeral of his father Samuel, and 24 that assigned 
him in the order of his birth. By this system of double numerals 
(remembering that the one in brackets is always that of the father) 
the descent of each can be readily traced back without reference to 
the Index. 

Edward Doubleday Harris. 

Sparks Street, Cambridge, Mass. 
14th July, 1870. 

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SIX GENERATIONS OF BASCOMS IN NEW ENGLAND. 



1. Thomas, of Dorchester, Windsor and Northampton . Part I. 

(1) 4. Thomas, of Northampton ' . . . . "I. 

(4) 6. Thomas, of Northampton . . . "I. 

(4) 8. John, of Lebanon, Ct. . . . "II. 

(6) 10. Samuel, of Belchertown . . "I. 

(6) 14. EZEKIEL . . . .' " EI. 

(6) 17. Jonathan . . . . "IV. 
(6) 18. Joseph . . ..." V. 

(8) 210. Daniel, of Lebanon, Ct. . . "II. 

(10) 21. Samuel, of Warren . . "I. 

(14) 366. Moses, of Greenfield . . "III. 

(14) 367. Elias, of Newport, N. H. . " HI. 

(14) 369. Ezekiel, of Greenfield . " III. 

(17) 551. Jonathan, of Southampton . " IV. 

(17) 552. Elisha, of Southampton . "IV. 

(18) 710. Lemuel, of Halifax, Vt. . " V. 
(18) 711. Timothy, of Franklin, Vt. . " V. 
(18) 713. Joseph, of Greenfield . " V. 

(210) 212. Daniel, of Belchertown . "II. 

(210) 217. John, of " H. 

(210) 218. Elihu, of Springfield, Vt. . " II. 

(210) 219. Jonathan, of Orleans . "II. 

(210) 220. William, of Lebanon, Ct. . "II. 

(210) 222. Abiel, of Lebanon, Ct. . " II. 

(21) 24. Thomas, of Warren . "I. 

(21) 25. Moses, of Milton, Vt. " I. 

(21) 26. Aaron, of Chester . " I. 

(21) 27. Caleb, of Warren . "I. 

(21) 29. Samuel, of Warren . "I. 

(366) 370. Moses, of Gill . . "HI. 

(366) 379. Ezekiel-Lysander, of Ashby "HI. 

(367) 380. Elias, of Orwell, Vt. . " HI. 
(367) 381. Reuben, of Newport, N.H. " HI. 
(367) 385. Joseph, of Benson, Vt. " IH. 
(367) 386. Zeri, of Adrian, Mich. " HI. 



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SIX GENERATIONS OP BASCOMS IN NEW ENGLAND. 



(367) 387. Artemidorus, Orwell, Vt. Part III. 
(367) 388. Elisha, of Shoreham, Vt. " III, 
(367) 392. Ira, of Orwell, Vt. . " in. 
(551) 556. Alpheus, of Hancock, N.Y. " IV. 
(551) 558. Silas, of Skaneateles, N.Y. " IV. 

(551) 561. Calvin, of Seneca Falls, N.Y." IV. 

(552) 563. King, of Southampton " IV. 
(552) 564. Elisha, of Southampton " IV. 
(710) 716. David, of Whitingham, Vt. " V. 

(710) 717. Solomon, of Halifax, Vt. " V. 

(711) 721. Shubael, of Hinsdale, N.H. " V. 
(711) 725. Elisha, of Franklin, Vt. " V. 
(711) 726. Simeon, of Leroy, N.Y. " V. 
(711) 729. Lewis, of Jackson, Mich. " V. 
(713) 731. Chester, of Greenfield " V. 
(713) 734. Joseph, of Troy, Pa. . " V. 
(212) 225. Nathan, of Belchertown " II. 
(212) 226. Uriel,ofSt.JohnsviU.e,N.Y. " II. 
(212) 227. Samuel, of Sharon, Vt. " II. 
(217) 230. Asaph, of Torrington, Ct. " H. 
(217) 232. Ezekiel, of Brookfield, N. Y. u H. 

(217) 234. John, ofGranby, Ct. . " H. 

(218) 243. Daniel, of Crown Pt., N.Y. " H. 

(219) 244. Timothy, of Pepperell " II. 
(219) 247. Jonathan, of L6well , " H. 

(219) 249. William, of Boston -. " II. 

(220) 254. Daniel, of Lebanon, Ct. " II. 
(220) 256. William, of Columbia, Ct. " H. 
(222) 262. John-Bliss, of Hebron, Ct. " H. 
(222) 269. Flavel, of Dover, 111. " H. 



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INTRODUCTION". 



Of the many families scattered throughout the United States 
and Canadas bearing the name in one of its various forms, Ba scorn, 
Bascome, Bascum, Bascomb and Bascombe, by far the largest propor- 
tion are descended from a common ancestor, Thomas, who came to 
this country about the year 1634, an account of whose descendants 
forms the body of this work. 

It may not be considered irrelevant, perhaps, to briefly mention, in 
this connection, some of*the families who appear to have a distinct 
origin. A large and important race, spelling their name with a 
final e, is widely scattered through the various West Indian Islands ; 
and individuals are to be found in several of our American cities, 
claiming descent from the same. Whether the Bascomes of Ber- 
mudas, Demarara, Turk's Island, Barbadoes, St. Domingo and 
Jamaica are descended from a common ancestor is uncertain. 
Further researches in the records of those islands may substantiate 
or disprove the tradition. One Nathan Bascome early, settled at 
the Bermudas, hailing from England, and was Chief- Justice 
of the Islands from 1744 to 1748. He, it is claimed, was of a 
French family, and after his death his eldest son Paul went to Bor- 
deaux to recover the family estates, but was poisoned and died at 
Paris. The Chief- Justice had sons : Paul (who was Comptroller of 
Customs and married Sarah Gilbert) ; George, a lawyer, who had 
three daughters ; and William, a physician, who left one daughter 
Elizabeth, who married Wm. Smith, President of the Council. The 
eldest son, Paul, left three daughters and one son, Nathaniel, who, 
by wife Corbasier, had six sons. Of these Nathaniel and Western 
resided in Bermuda ; Edward, a physician, died in the Crimea ; John 
was Collector of Turk's Island ; William settled in New York ; and 
Paul early deceased. 

One Henry Bascom, for many years a resident of Demarara but 
a native of Barbadoes, where a brother William resides, are of a 
family claiming, through remote ancestry, a French origin. 

A few individuals, resident in the States and Canadas, are not ap- 
parently connected with either the New England or West Indian 
races, having a later foothold on this side of the Atlantic. One John 



10 INTRODUCTION. 

M. Bascom, of Philadelphia in 1865, is son of Eosario of the same 
place, who was son of John, a seaman of Sicily, Italy. In the Pal- 
mer, Mass., records we find that Loveland Bascom, a laborer, and 
wife Sophia, both born in Canada, had born in Palmer, a son Love- 
land, April, 1852 ; Prudence, Jan. 13, 1853, and another son Sept. 
16, 1854. 

Of the colored families bearing the sur-name, research has estab- 
lished the fact that, in common with many thousand others of the op- 
pressed race bearing good old colonial names, they have a claim 
obtained through the transgressions of their fathers to a clear if not 
a legitimate descent from the New England settler. 

Among the earlier residents of Wethersfield, Connecticut, was one 
William Bascum, but there is no evidence of any descendants or of 
any connection with the forefather of the Northampton family. 

Thomas Bascom, the New England settler, is supposed to have 
come here from the mother country about the year 1634. Of his 
ancestry or of his birth-place we have no information of a positive 
character. Too much importance is freqiifently attached to family 
tradition which is as apt, perhaps, to be erroneous as true. In this 
case, however, circumstantial evidence exists, which goes far to 
prove the truth of the generally received statement of the early his- 
tory of the family. Bishop Henry Bidleman Bascom, in his journal, 
writes : " It would seem from family records and tradition that I am 
paternally descended from a French Huguenot family, which, driven 
from France by the revocation of the edict of Nantz, settled in one 
of the boixjer counties near the Clyde. It appears further, that three 
brothers, descendants of this family, during the civil disturbances and 
religious oppressions which drove so many of the English Puritans 
from the land of their birth, emigrated to the then new and feeble 
colonies of North America. Two of the brothers remained ; the 
third, being dissatisfied, removed to one of the English West India 
islands. The remaining two settled in Massachusetts." That the 
leading points thus narrated by the eminent divine are correct, there is 
probably little doubt. That the family is of French extraction would 
seem likely from the fact tha % t the wholly distinct race, many incli- 
viduals of which have occupied and now occupy high positions of 
trust in some of the West Indies, is of .undeniably French origin. 
The account on a preceding page of Nathan Bascome, of the Ber- 
mudas, received by me from his descendants, leaves little room for 
doubt on this score. The Barbados family, which has no connection 
whatever with that of Bermuda, claims also a French origin. In 
four out of the five branches of the New England family, separated 
from each other since early in the last century, a tradition has been 
carefully preserved similar, so far as it relates to the origin of the 
family, to the one shared in by Bishop Bascom. It has been main- 



INTRODUCTION. 1 1 

tained, on the contrary, that the proper spelling of the name is Bas- 
comb or Bascombe, and that the final syllable is one peculiar to some 
of the counties of England, hence implying an English extraction. 
But it will be noticed that both the elder Thomas, and his son, did 
not spell their names with the final borbe, and that this mode has never 
been adopted by any of their descendants with the exception of a 
single branch in Vermont. The name does occur in Scotland, and 
to this day is common in some of the Clyde counties ; but this may 
readily be accounted for by the supposition that a representative only 
of the family emigrated to New England, leaving others there to per- 
petuate the race. Even were it shown that Bascombe is a common 
English name in this generation, yet do we need a more reasonable 
explanation than that the Huguenot settlers there, or their immediate 
descendants, readily accepted the county mode, and by a trivial ad- 
dition to their patronymic, fell into rank beside the Titcombes, Hol- 
combes, Hanscombes and Seccombes? 

Respecting that portion of the Bishop's statement relating to the 
"three brothers" I have not so decided an opinion. A large portion 
of the New England families claim to have descended from one of 
" three brothers," a claim which is generally found, upon examination, 
to be unfounded. Perhaps, however, the Bishop is correct, and that 
when Thomas settled at Windsor, Connecticut, his brother William 
settled at Wether§field, close by. The Barbados family may have 
come from the third brother, who, " being dissatisfied, removed to 
one of the English West Indies." 

If little is known of the family history of the settler, so, also, 
little has come down to us concerning his character. In common 
with most of the early emigrants he was a church member, and cer- 
tainly enjoyed the regard of his fellow citizens, evinced by his election 
to the office of Town Constable, a position requiring, in those trou- 
blous times, energy, judgment and bravery. He seems to have pos- 
sessed a strong roving tendency, for we find him at Dorchester, 
Windsor, Conn., and at Northampton; and his descendants have 
largely partaken of this trait, only a small representation now re- 
maining near the ancestral home in Massachusetts. 

The physical resemblances between individuals of the different 
branches, whether derived from the emigrant or from some more re- 
mote ancestor, are so very striking as to warrant a notice here. Dur- 
ing the last eight years, I have been brought into personal contact 
with very many of the name, and have been forcibly impressed with 
the strength of this family likeness in both sexes. Many will, I am 
sure, call to mind the stout, compact form, the head well set back 
upon the shoulders, the dark skin, dark grey eye, massive head, and, 
more marked than all, the round, high, full forehead — character- 
istics of many of the race, living and dead. With members of 



12 INTRODUCTION. 

the eldest branch my personal acquaintance is limited, but among its 
members may note the late Mr. Charles Wright, of Hinsdale, as 
possessing several of the peculiarities named ; descendants of 38 
Nathan Bascom also possess them. In the second branch the like- 
ness exists in a remarkable degree ; taking, for instance, the fifth 
generation, I have met descendants of 212 Daniel, 217 John, 219 
Jonathan, and 220 William, and recall hardly an instance where 
this does not occur. It will be noticed that 218 Elisha, of this 
branch, married his relative, Elizabeth, of the youngest or fifth 
branch, and I expected in their descendants to find the same features ; 
nor was I disappointed, for the daguerreotype of a grandson, now be- 
fore me, might well be taken for that of a dozen others in both these 
lines. In the third branch* I have had less opportunities of judging 
than in the others, but sketches of the characters of some of its pro- 
minent men lead me to infer that physical peculiarities may be as 
marked here, as are the mental. The fourth and fifth branches form 
no exception to the general rule, both numbering many men and 
women, any one of whom might readily be taken as the type of the 
family. Truly the progenitors of the race must have been strongly 
individualized thus to have implanted in their progeny, through so 
many generations, such distinctive, ineradicable characteristics. 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 



PART I. 



FIRST GENERATION. 

1. Thomas Bascom came to this country probably not far from the 
year 1634, at which time he was established at Dorchester, and from 
whence, in 1639, he removed to Windsor, Connecticut, one of the 
second company that settled at that place. No record of his marriage 
or of the birth of his eldest daughter, Hannah, has been found ; both 
these events undoubtedly took place prior to his removal to Connecti- 
cut. At Windsor three of his children were born, and here he con- 
tinued until his removal to Northampton, Massachusetts. Of the 
exact date of this change in his residence we are ignorant, but he was 
probably one of the earliest settlers of that most beautiful township. 
The first mention of his name to be found in the records of that place 
is the date of his own and wife's admission to full communion in the 
church — the 14th day of the 5th month, 1661. In 1666 he was elect- 
ed Town Constable, made freeman in M&y, 1670, took the oath of 
allegiance Feb. 8, 1678-9, and died there May 9, 1682. His wife, 
Avis, died Feb. 3, 1676. 

His will, as recorded in the Probate Office at Northampton, is as 
follows : — 

"I, Thomas Bascom, Sen r ., of Northampton, being of perfect memo- 
ry and understanding, and at p'sent enjoying a competent measure of 
health, although I have lived to old age yet knowing not the day of 
my death, do therefore in preparation to my Last change Doe make 
and constitute this my Last will and testament which is as followeth. 

" And as respecting my eternal estate, I know my redeemer Liveth 
and that he shal stand at the Latter day on the Earth and wil change 
my vile body and make it like his glorious body. 

" And as touching my body when it is removed out of this earthly 
tabernacle that It be decently buried. 

" And as touching those outward blessings w ch the Lord of his 
mercy hath bestowed on me, I dispose of them in this manner as 
followeth. 

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14 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

" Imprimis, My Wil is that my son Thomas doe out of my Estate 
pay al my just debts and funeral expences. And I doe hereby give 
and bequeath to my son Thomas al my Lands of al Sorts together 
w 01 my house, orchard and barn to be to him and to his dispose for- 
ever ; Also I give to him my Cart wheels, plough, chaines and al 
other husbandry implements and Mason tools and my great brass Ket- 
tle and al my wearing apparel, onely my Wil is that my Son William 
Janes shall have my cloth suite and my Son Eobert Lyman my Searge 
coate, and the remainder of my wearing apparel I doe hereby give to 
my Son Thomas Bascom ; 

"And that as for the remainder of my Estate my Wil is that my 
just debts being paid out of it, that it being prized it shall equally be 
divided between my Children, viz. my Son Thomas Bascom, Hannah 
Janes and Hepzibah Limon : 

" And I doe hereby make and ordain my Son Thomas Bascom to 
be ful and sole Executor of this my Wil and doe intreate and request 
my wel beloved and trusty friends Deacon William Holten and Dea- 
con Medad Pumry to be my Overseers of this my Last Wil and Tes- 
tament and doe hereby declare that any former wils of mine are here- 
by made voide and this only to stand in force, in witnesse whereof I 
have hereunto set my hand and seal the eigth day of July in the year 
of r Lord one thousand Six hundred seventie and nine. 

[Signed] Thomas Bascom. 

witnessed by Medad Pumry and Joseph Parsons, Jr." 

The issue of Thomas and Avis Bascom were : — 

2. Hannah, b. before 1640 ; mar. Nov. 15, 1650, John Broughton. 

He died March 16, 1662, and she mar. at Northampton, 

Nov. 20, 1662, William Janes. Her issue were : — 1. John. 

2. Hannah, b. October, 1656. 3. Sarah, b. Aug. 1358. 

-.4. Thomas, b. March 30, 1661. 5. Samuel, b. Oct. 9, 1663. 

^6. Hepzibah, b. Feb. 13, 1666. 7. Hannah, b. Oct. 5, 1669. 
8. Benjamin, b. Sept. 30, 1672. 

3. Abigail, bapt. at Windsor, Ct., June 7, \64:0 ; mar.* Sept. 12, 

1657, John Ingersoll of Northampton. She died at West- 
field in 1-668, having had issue :— 1. Abigail, b. at Northamp- 
ton, Jan. 11, 1659. 2. Sarah, b. at Northampton, Oct. 30, 
1660. 3. Abiah, b. at Northampton, Aug. 24, 1663. 4. Hes- 
ter, b. at Northampton, Sept. 9, 1665. 5. Thomas, b. at West- 
field, March 28, 1668. 

4. Thomas, b. at Windsor, Ct., Feb. 20, 1642. (Page 15.) 

5. Hepzibah, b. at Windsor, Ct., April 14, 1644; mar. Nov. 5, 

1662, Robert Lyman, of Northampton. She d. Sept. 20, 1690, 
havingissue :— 1. Sarah, b. Oct. 13, 1663. 2. John, b. Dec. 5, 
1664. 3. Thomas, b. Dec. 23, 1666. 4. Thankful, b. Jan. 13, 
1671. 5. Thankful, b. Oct. 10, 1672. 6. Hepzibah, b. Feb. 
15, 1673. 7. Preserved, b. April, 1676. 8. Wait, b. April 14, 
1678. 9. Experience, b. 1679. 

* Perhaps December 2, 1656. 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 15 



SECOND GENERATION. 

(1) 4. Thomas Bascom, Jr., the only son of the elder Thomas, was 
born in Windsor, Ot., Feb. 20, 1641-2. Savage says that he married 
March 20, 1667, Mary, dau. of Thomas Newell, of Farmington, but 
Edwards, in History of Southampton, claims that he married Mary 
Baldwin, who died Feb. 3, 1676. The fact that his " widow Mary " 
settled his estate after his death, which took place at Northampton, 
Sept. 11, 1689, leads one to infer that Savage is probably correct. I 
have not been able to find the date of the birth of their eldest child, 
and from the fact that both Thomas Bascom and wife Mary were not 
admitted to full communion until the third month of 1670, there is a 
probability that he did not settle at N. until about that time. He 
died at Northampton, Sept. 11, 1689. His will is as follows : — 

" I, Thomas Bascum of Northampton^ being Weak and Sick in 
Body yet being off sound memory and understanding and knowing 
not how soone death may put a period to my britle and uncertarne life 
doe therefore make and constitute this my Last Will and Testament 
as followeth. 

" In primis, I committ my Soule to God which gave it and to 
Jesus Christ w ch I hope hath redeemed it with his most precious 
blood, and as for my body I commit it to ye Grave by my Executors 
and {Friends hereafter named buried in a comely and decent manner 
there to rest till ye Generall Resurrection w n I hope it shall be renew- 
ed in glory and being againe united Soul and body together shall ever 
be with ye Lord. 

" And as for ye portion of Worldly goods w ch ye Lord Out of his 
Bounty hath bestowed on me, I thus order and determine ye distre- 
bution of as follows. 

" Item. To my well beloved wife I give out of my Estate ninetie 
pounds to be free and absolutely her own dureing her Naturall life, 
but my Will is y* in case she shall marry again or change her widdow- 
hood Condition y* then Onely One 3 d p* of my Estate shall be hers 
during her Naturall life and y e Rest of Estate my Will is that it shall 
be devided betweene my two sons — my Eldest son Thomas having 
fifteene pounds in y e first devision more than his Brother and five 
pounds at his Mothers death more than his Brother, and with this 
Exception my Will is that my Estate be devided betweene my two 
Sons to be to y m their heirs for ever, further my Will is that my 
Wife and my two Sons shall have an equall proprietie and interest in 
house and homestead and at my beloved wife's death then it shall be 
equally devided betweene my two sons, and I doe hereby appointe my 
Lovinge Wife and my Eldest son Thomas Bascum to be my Executors 
of this my Last Will and Testament and do alsoe entreate my re- 
spected ffriends Thomas Lyman and Medad Pomeroy to be the over- 
seers to counsell and advise my fores d Executors in any matter of 
difficultie that may arise in the just distrebution of my Estate accord- 
ing to my Will as is above xpressed in confirmation of this to be my 
Last Will and testament hereby revokeing and makeing voicie any 



16 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

former Will or act of mine of this kinde I have hereunto sett my 

hand and fixed my seal this of August 1689. 

[Signed] Thomas Bascum. 

Witnesses, Medad Pomery, John Bridgman." 
The inventory returned by the widow valued the estate at £269 07s. 

The issue of Thomas and Mary Bascom were : — 

6. Thomas, b. about 1668. (See below.) 

7. John, b. , 1671 ; died young. 

8. John, b. Oct. 14, bapt. Oct. 15, 1672. (Part II.) 

9. Mary, died young. 

THIRD GENERATION. 

(4) 6. Thomas Bascom, 3d, eldest son of Thomas Bascom, Jr., was 
born probably in the year 1668. He inherited the homestead at 
Northampton, and died in that town Feb. 3, 1714. His widow, Han- 
nah, the mother of all his children, was daughter of John Catlin, of 
Deerfield. She survived him many years, and died Jan., 1747. By 
his will, dated Jan. 28, 1713-14, he gave to her one half of his house, 
land and " movables/' so long as she remained a widow. To his 
eldest son Samuel he gave a wood lot on " Cooler's Hill," and the 
other half of the homestead — the whole to be his at his mother's 
death. To his other sons he gave his " woodlands," and to his daugh- 
ters £12 each. 

The issue of Thomas 'and Hannah Bascom were : — 

10. Samuel, born at Northampton, Jan. 27, 1692. (See below.) 

11. Hannah, b. at N. ; Sept., 1694 ; mar. March 27, 1718, Thomas 

Judd, of N. 

12. Thomas, b. at N., Nov. 10, 1697 ; d. before Jan. 8, 1698-9. 
-13. Thomas, b. at N., Jan. 8, 1698-9 ; d. before Jan. 28, 1714. 

14. Ezekiel, b. at N., Nov. 22, 1700. (Part III.) 

—15. Abigail, b. at N., Nov. 5, 1701 ; d. Dec. 19, 1701. 

16. Ruth, b. at N., April, 1703 ; mar. Curtis. 

17. Jonathan, b. at N., 1706. (Part IV.) 

18. Joseph, b. at N., Jan. 20, 1708-9. (Part V.) 

19. Mary, b. atN.; mar. May 1,1734, Noah Sheldon, of Southampton. 

20. Martha, b. at N., Sept. 16, 1713; mar. Nov. 24, 1741, Na- 

thaniel White, Jr., of South Hadley. 

FOURTH GENERATION. 

(6) 10. Samuel Bascom, eldest son of Thomas Bascom, 3d, was 
born at Northampton, Jan. 27, 1692. On the 18th March, 1717-18, he 
and his mother sold the homestead where they then lived, and 
which had been, probably, the property of the elder Thomas, to Benja- 
min Ste.bbins. At the same time he purchased of William Holton, an 
estate situated on the river bank, in the same town, and May 30, 1728, 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 17 

augmented his possessions by a further purchase of adjoining land. 
Here he resided until the spring of 1733, when he abandoned his 
luxuriant farm on the Connecticut River, and turned his face east- 
ward, settling at the village of Cold Spring, now Belchertown, on a 
tract of two hundred acres which he bought of Benjamin Stebbins. 
His homestead in Northampton, he sold on May 5, 1133, to Benj. Al- 
vord, and his other lands there, in all twelve acres, to his brother Joseph. 
He resided in Cold Spring until 1144, when he removed to Western, 
now called Warren, in Worcester co., where he purchased an estate 
of Isaac Beale and Benj. Bartlet. Sometime about 1151, he removed 
to Brookfield and afterwards to New Braintree, in which places his 
second wife possessed some real estate. He died Nov. 22, 1165. 
He was twice married : first in Northampton, May 10, 1122, to Ex- 
perience Parsons, who died Nov. 29, 1140, in the 51th year of her 
age; and second, Sept. 18, 1150, to Sarah, widow of Comfort Barnes, 
of Brookfield. His grave-stones, with those of his first wife, are still 
to be seen in the Warren grave-yard. 
• His issue were : — 

21. Samuel, b. at Northampton, June 13, 1123. (See below.) 
22 and 23. Moses and Aaron, b. at N., Oct. 19, 1128, and died 
young. 

FIFTH GENERATION. 

(10) 21. Samuel Bascom, Jr., only surviving son of Samuel Bas- 
com, was born at Northampton, June 13, 1123. He early settled at 
Western, now Warren, having purchased one hundred and ten acres 
of land there, Jan. 5, 1144-5. He was a tanner and currier, and in 
the latter years of his life bore the title of " lieutenant. 77 He died 
at Western, Sept. 11, 1119, and was buried by the side of his father. 

His widow Mary (maiden name unknown)" afterwards married 

Root, and died at Chester. 

The issue of Samuel and Mary Bascom were : — 

24. Thomas, b. Feb. 6, 1144. 

25. Moses, b. April 5, 1145. 

26. Aaron, b. Dec. 1, 1146. 
21. Caleb, b. Dec. 5, 1148. 

28. Joshua, b. Dec. 24, 1150 ; d. Sept. 30, 1159. 
, 29. Samuel, b. July 4, 1153. 

30. John, b. 1154 ; d. July 18, 1159. 

31. Joshua is said to have early settled in Vermont, and to have 

been "killed by the fall of a tree. 77 He was undoubtedly 
the one, who, by wife Susanna, had dau. Lydia, born at 
Western, July 8, 1194. 

32. Joel, b. June 8, 1158 ; d. July 15, 1159. 

33. Mary, b. 1161 ; d. July 3, 1166. 

34. Lydia, mar. Aug. 1, 1185, Joseph Cutler, and died March 28, 

■ 1816, aged 51 years. He died Feb. 23, 1831, aged 80 years. 
Their issue were:— 1. Frazier, b. May 28, 1186. 2. Polly, 
2* 



v * 



18 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. * 

b. May, 1788. 3. Thomas, b. Nov. 13, 1789. 4. Lydia, b. 
Oct. 29, 1791. 5. Newel, b. Jan. 19, 1794. 6. Chs. Cotes- 
worth Pinckney, b. April 15, 1800. 

SIXTH GENERATION. 

(21) 24. Thomas Bascom, eldest son of Lt. Samuel Bascom, was 
born at Western, Feb. 6, 1744. He settled first at Amherst, and 
there married Martha (Fields) Allen. He returned with his family 
to Western after 1780, and died before Oct., 1787. Oct. 27, 1789, 
his estate was declared insolvent. His widow died Jan., 1800 (buried 
February 1), aged fifty years. 

Their issue were : — 

35. Joel, born at Amherst, Sept. 18, 1773. 

36. Nathan, b. " " Jan. 22, 1775 ; d. young. 

37. Martha, b. " " Aug. 12, 1777 ; m. at Western, Dec. I, 

1796, John Marble, and removed to Milton, Vt. 

38. Nathan, b. at Amherst, April 8, 1779. 

39. David, b. " " Aug. 8, 1780. 

40. Solomon (said to have settled in Vermont) . 

41. Asa, b. 1784. 

42. Absalom, (?) 

43. Simon,* (?) 

(21) 25. Moses Bascom, second son of Lt. Samuel Bascom, was 
born at Western, April 5, 1745 (or by family record April 16, 1745). 
He mar. at Western, May 4, 1769, Eunice Reed. He lived in Western 
until about 1790, when he removed to Brimfield, afterwards to Milton, 
Vermont, where his wife died. He died at Stillwater, N. Y,, March 
31, 1812. 

His issue were : — 

44. John, b. at Western, Dec. 18, 1771. 

45. Mary, b. at " Feb. 12, 1777 ; mar. Jabez Hyde, and d. 

July 4, 1805. 

46. Rebeckah, b. at Western, June 19, 1779 ; d. at Milton, Vt., 

Sept. 3, 1815. 

47. Eunice, d. Aug. 25, 1806. 

48. Linus, b. at Western, April 4, 1785. 

49. Samuel-Reed. 

50. Child still-born, bur. at W., April 9, 1791. 

51. Fanny, born at Western ; bapt. July 1, 1792 ; mar. 1814, in 

Montgomery Co., Ohio, Edmund Purdy, and d. at Greenville, 
Darke co., Ohio, July 30, 1846. 

(21) 26. Rev. Aaron Bascom, third son of Lt. Samuel Bascom, 
was born at Western, Dec. 1, 1746. He received a liberal education, 

* I have exhausted all resources in endeavoring to complete the record of this family, 
and without avail. The only authority for the existence of the three brothers Solomon, 
Absalom and Simon is tradition, and it may he doubtful if the last two reached maturity, 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 19 

graduating at Harvard College in the year 1768, one often, from a class 
numbering forty-two, who adopted theology as a profession. He early 
served as a Missionary among the Indians in the Mohawk valley. On 
the 20th Dec., 1469, he was ordained over the church at Chester, Mass., 
its first pastor, and here he spent the remaining years of his life, for 
forty-five years the beloved shepherd of his flock. He kept a hospi- 
table mansion for the shelter of all who sought it. The house, reno- 
vated and remodelled, is still standing beneath two huge elms of his 
own planting. He is described as having been puritanic in his theolo- 
gy, dignified in his demeanor, " a very useful and laborious minister. " 
Old residents of Chester and vicinity still remember " Priest Bascom " 
for his many virtues and sterling worth. He was twice married : first, 
Oct. 23, 1770, to Theodosia Ashley, of Westfield, who died Jan. 10, 
1791 ; and second, Feb. 1, 1792, to Mrs. Martha Raynolds, of Long- 
meadow. She was born Feb. 3, 1761, and after the death of Mr. Bas- 
com married, April 24, 1821, Seth King, of Suffield, Ct. Aaron Bas- 
com died at Chester, May 19, 1814. 
His issue were : — 

52. James, b. at Chester, April 16, 1773. 

53. Samuel-Ashley, b. at " Feb. 19, 1780. 

54. Theodosia, b. at " Sept. 11, 1781; m. Dr. Anson Boies. 

55. Aaron, b. at " April 19, 1783. 

56. John, b. at " Dec. 23, 1784. 

57. Fanny, b. at " Nov. 8,1786; m. Jan. 17, 1808, 

Asahel Wright, of Chester, who d. Dec. 21, 1830. She d. at 
Springfield, Apr. 13,1863. Issue: — 1. Charles-Bascom, b.Nov. 
30, 1808; d. May 17, 1810. 2. Henry, b. Aug. 7, 1811 ; d. 
June 15, 1859. 3. Charles (late of Hinsdale), b. May 11, 
1813. 4. Frances-Charlotte, b. March 3, 1815 ; d. July 2, 
1817. 5. John-Bascom (of New York), b. May 8, 1818. 

58. An infant, b. at Chester, April 6, 1788 ; d. the same date. 

59. Charlotte, b. " " March 18, 1789 ; m. Dr. Anson Boies, 

and d. March 16, 1813. 

60. Raynolds, b. at Chester, Nov. 26, 1793. 

(21) 27. Caleb Bascom, fourth son of Lieut. Samuel, was born at 
Western, Dec. 5, 1748. The greater portion of his life was passed at 
this place, but in 1777 was at Brimfield, and for several years at Still- 
water, N. Y. He was a tanner by trade, and in some deeds is styled 
" saddler," and in one a "miller/' He was mar. Oct. 11, 1770, to 
Hannah Stone, of Western ; and 2d, Nov. 25, 1790, to Anna Switcher, 
of Western. He died at W. July 11, 1808, and his widow died at 
Peterboro', N. Y., Sept., 1842. 

His issue were : — 

61. Gaius, said to have first settled in Vermont, but afterwards 

went with his family to the West, and from there down the 
Mississippi River. 

62. Peace, mar. at Western, Oct. 31, 1815, Leah Swycher; removed 

to Peterboro', N. Y., where he died without issue Sept. 18, 
1859. 



20 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

63. Clarissa, mar. Sackrider. 

64. Mary, b. at Western, March 9, 1T8T ; m. Holly Seely, at 

Stillwater, N. Y., June 30, 1808. He was born March 25, 
1784 ; died at Painted Post, June 1, 1855, his wife having died 
at the same place, July 18, 1844. Their issue were : — 
1. Hanford-Hoyt, b. May 23, 1809. 2. Clarissa-Bascom, b. 
July 15, 1811 ; m. Ansel-B. Wood. 3. Anna-Maria, b. March 
14, 1813 ; m. Philip F. Roe. 4. Mary-Jane, b. April 9, 1817 ; 
m. Anthony De Golia. 5. Harriet-Newell, b. March 12, 1819 ; 
m AlbinusHunt. 6. Darius-Edgar, b. April 3, 1821. 7. Gaius- 
'F., b. Feb. 20, 1825. 8. Warren-K., b. Sept. 21, 1827. 

65. Nabby, buried at W., Oct. 5, 1791. 

66. Sarah, b. at W., Oct. 15, 1791 ; d. unmar. Aug. 25, 1854. 

67. Hannah, b. at W., Sept. 20, 1793 ; d. Oct. 22, 1795. 

68. Reuben, b. at W., Oct. 30, 1797 ; d. Nov. 15, 1797. 

69. Seraphine, b. at W., Nov. 24, 1798; m. Oct. 12, 1823, James 

Williams, of W., and had issue : Helen-Maria, b. Feb. 22, 
1835 ; m. John Westcott. 

70. Caleb, b. at W., Feb. 10, 1801. 

71. Nancy, b. at W., June 29, 1803; m. Sept. 25, 1825, Lewis 

Wright, and had issue : Seraph- Ann, b. at Unadilla, N. Y., 
June 3, 1827. She m. 2d, June 10, 1849, Abraham Sweatman. 

72. Warner, b. at W., Sept. 3, 1806 ; d. May 22, 1808. 

(21) 29. Samuel Bascom, sixth son of Lt. Samuel, was b. at Wes- 
tern, July 4, 1753. He m. Oct. 25, 1786, Hannah Gilligan, probably 
daughter of Matthew, of Ludlow. He d. atW., Jan., 1823 (buried 
Jan. 12), and his widow died at Ludlow, Sept., 1824. Issue were : — 

73. Ira, b. at W., April 16, 1787. 

74. Henry-Harvey, b. at Sturbridge, Oct. 16, 1799. 

75. Jairus-Bliss, said to have been lost at sea when a lad. 

76. Samuel, b. about 1803 ; " died of wounds in 1812. " 

SEVENTH GENERATION. 

(24) 35. Joel Bascom, eldest son of Thomas, was born at Amherst, 
Sept. 18, 1773. He mar. at Western, July 31, 1794, Rebecca Wil- 
cutt, and died at Bergen, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1854, his widow only sur- 
viving him until Feb. 8, following. Their issue were : — 

77. Saloma, b. at Cambridge, Vt., May 3, 1795 ; m. Charles Sackett. 

78. Thomas, b. at " " Oct. 31, 1796. 

79. Experance, b. at Cambridge, Vt., Jan. 25, 1798 ; m. John Cook, 

and d. at Byron, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1820. 

80. Sophia, b. at Cambridge, Vt., Feb. 28, 1799 ; m. John Cook 

(his 2d wife) ; d. at Hillsdale, Mich., April 13, 1860. 

81. Milo, b. at Milton, Vt., Jan. 1, 1801. 

82. Martha, b. at Dunham, Canada, Sept. 3, 1803 ; m. Henry Gil- 

lett ; d. at Bergen, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1831. 

83. Jessie, b. at Dunham, June 1, 1805 ; d. at Byron, N. Y., May 

22, 1820. 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 21 

84. Rebecca, b. at Plattsburg, N. Y., April 17, 1807 ; m. William 

Gillett; d. at Clarendon, N. Y., April 29, 1833. 

85. Sofrona, b. at Wallingford, Vt., Sept. 21, 1808 ; d. at Byron, 

N. Y., Jan. 22, 1821. 

86. Joel, b. at Wallingford, Oct. 3, 1811 ; d. at W., April 10, 1813. 

(24) 38. Nathan Bascom, third son of Thomas, was born at Am- 
herst, April 8, 1779. He served an apprenticeship at the cabinet 
maker's trade near Boston, Mass., and in 1801-2 removed to Dayton, 
Ohio, afterwards to Cincinnati, then to Augusta, Bracken co., Ky., 
and finally to Washington, Ind., where he died Oct. IT, 1837. He 
mar. in 1813, Charity, daughter of Alexander Bruce, of Bracken 
co., Ky., born March 16, 1784, and died at Washington, Oct. 10, 1834. 

Their issue were : — 

87. Mary-Ann, b. at Bracken co., Ky., July 18, 1815 ; m. at Louis- 

ville, Ky., Oct. 1, 1857, Rev. John Cook, of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, of Springville, Lawrence co., Ind. 

88. Martha-Fields, b. at Washington, Ind., Oct. 4, 1824; m. Jan. 

24, 1850, Winepark Judah, of Springville, Ind. 

89. George-Thomas, b. at W., Aug. 18, 1826; m. at Elliottsville, 

Ind., Nov. 7, 1859, Mary-Elizabeth, daughter of James Day, 
b. at Bloomington, Ind., May 2, 1841. He enlisted in the 
59th Regt. of Indiana Infantry, Oct. 10, 1861, served under 
Gen. Pope at the battles of New Madrid, Island No. 10, and 
siege of Corinth ; under Gen. Grant at Corinth on the 3d and 
4th Oct., 1862, at Port Gibson, Forty Hills, Raymond, Jack- 
son, Champion Hill and Yicksburg ; under Gen. Sherman at 
Missionary Ridge, Savannah, Columbia, Bentonville, and 
through the whole march to Washington, receiving an hon- 
orable discharge at the end of the war. He has no issue. 

(24) 39. David Bascom, fourth son of Thomas, born at Amherst, 
Aug. 8, 1780, and early removed to Fairfax, Vt., where he married, 
Dec. 5, 1805, Lydia, daughter of Zenos Palmer. He died at F., May 
21, 1859, and his wife died Aug. 29, 1859. Their issue were : — 

90. Zenos-Palmer, b. at Fairfax, Oct. 14, 1806, where he now (1865) 

resides. He m. Jan. 5, 1837, Lucy, daughter of Reuben 
Hunt (see Hunt Gen.), and has issue : — 1. Edson, b. July 21, 
1838 ; d. in infancy. 2. Maryette, b. July 4, 1839 ; d. in 
infancy. 3. Mary, b. March 14, 1840 ; d. in infancy. 4. 
George, b. July 30, 1842. 5. Sidney, b. April 20, 1847. 6. 
Reuben, b. Feb. 22, 1856 ; d. in infancy. 

91. Hannah-Field, b. at Fairfax, July 10, 1808 ; m. Titus Davidson. 

92. Maryette-Catherine, b. at F., May 24, 1811 ; m. Thomas Hunt. 

93. Carlos-Kendrick, b. at F., Dec. 31, 1813, where he now resides. 

He m. Nov. 16, 1847, Caroline, daughter of Reuben Hunt, 
and had issue: — 1. Joel-Shirman, b. March 2, 1849; d. July 
, 29, 1853. 2. Charlotte-Cornelia, b. May 4, 1850. 



22 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

94. Harriet-Martha, b. at Fairfax, Sept. 28, 1816; m. Horace 

Stearns. 

95. Caroline, b. at F. ; Aug. 1, 1818 ; m. Jacob-K. Drury. 

96. Charlotte, b. at F., Jan. 6, 1822 ; m. Harris Horey. 

97. Rhoda, b. at F., Oct. 27, 1823 ; m. Horace White. 

98. Lydia, b. at F., Jan. 12, 1827. 

(24) 41. Asa Bascom, son of Thomas, born perhaps in Western in 
or near 1784, early settled with his brother David at Fairfax, Vt., 
where he mar. April 24, 1807, Abigail Palmer. He died May 17, 
1855. His issue were : — 

99. Eliza, b. at Fletcher, Vt., May 7, 1811 ; d. March 4, 1840. 

100. Eunice, b. at Fairfax, Vt., Jan. 27, 1813 ; d. at F. 

101. Harry-Palmer, b. at F., Dec. 3, 1815; residence, in 1865, at 

Blackstone, Mass. 

102. Chester F., b. at P., Aug. 3, 1818 ; m. Sept. 16, 1847, Miranda 

Wright, b. July 22, 1818 ; residence in 1864, at St. Albans, 
Vt. Issue :— 1. Herbert-C, b. at Fairfax, July 16, 1848. 
2. William-J., b. at St. Albans, Vt., Jan. 9, 1850. 3. Fan- 
nie-M., b. at St. A., Sept. 5, 1856. 4. Merton-J., b. at St. 
A., May 29, 1858. 

103. Newel, b. at Fairfax, Oct. 25, 1820 ; settled at Oronoco, Min. 

104. Fanny, b. at F., Dec. 4, 1822 ; d. at F., March 16, 1846. 

105. Sarah, b. at P., June 7, 1825. 

106. Silas, b. at F., Sept. 17, 1828 ; residence Fairfax. 

107. Joel-Dorman, b. at F., Sept. 10, 1830 ; settled at Oronoco, Min. 

108. William, b. at F., April 15, 1835 ; d. at F., June 12, 1843. 

(25) 44. John Bascom, eldest son of Moses, was born at Western 
(now Warren), Mass., Dec. 18, 1771. He mar. at Milton, Vt., Dec. 8, 
1796, Canelice Church, born Feb. 8, 1780, daughter of John Church, 
of Milton, and died at that place March 7, 1848. His issue, all born 
at Milton, were : — 

109. Moses, b. Nov. 8, 1797 ; m. 1827, Clarissa, daughter of Patter- 

son Smith, of M. He early removed to the West, and in 
1866 was residing at Mishwaukee, St. Joseph co., Indiana; 
issue, one child, Cornelia, b. at Milton, April 3, 1830. 

110. Linus, b. Sept. 10, 1799 ; m. at Moretown, Vt., Nov. 18, 1830, 

Caroline, daughter of Eliab Washburn, and resides at Mil- 
ton, Vt. Issue:— 1. George, b. Nov. 19, 1831; m. Nov. 8, 
1865, at Milton, Clara E., daughter of O. M. Clark. 2. Ame- 
lia-W., b. April 9, 1835 ; m. April 21, 1856, Henry-D., son 
of Ashobe Kinnie. 3. Lucia-M., b. Sept. 17, 1838. 

111. John-W., b. Nov. 7, 1801 ; residence, Milton, Vt. 

112. Eliza, b. Oct. 8, 1803 ; m. Jan. 8, 1828, Hiram Clark, and d. 

sine prole, Nov. 15, 1858. 

113. Samuel-N., b. June 27, 1806 ; m. Dec. 4, 1834, Hannah San- 

derson ; residence Garden Prairie, McHenry co., 111. Issue : — 
1. Dicious-N., b. at Underhill, Vt., Jan. 16, 1836. 2. Em- 



THOMAS BASGOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 23 

ma-R., b. at Burte, Franklin co., N. Y., Sept. 15, 1841. 
3. Ellen-C, b. at Alden, III., April 15, 1846. 4. Dwight-S., 
b. at Alden, May 12, 1852. 

114. Reed, b. Jan. 13, 1811 ; m. at Milton, Oct. 9, 1838, Julia-E., 

daughter of Roderick Hill, and d. at Washington, D. C, 
Nov. 6, 1862. Issue:— 1. Ellen-L., b. June 25, 1839; d. 
May 18, 1842. 2. John-S., b. Aug. 17, 1841. 3. Jed.-H., b. 
Aug. 23, 1843; 4. Ellen-E., b. Oct. 6, 1845; m. Aug. 8, 
1865, 0. W. Bullock, and d. March 10, 1866. 

115. Adaline, b. March 7, 1815. 

116. Alanson, b. March 13, 1816 ; d. May 2, 1816. 

117. George, b. Jan. 14, 1817 ; d. Dec. 22, 1817. 

118. Caroline, b. Dec. 8, 1818. 

119. Ejieline, b. 1820 ; m. Nov. 6, 1851, Luther-S. Prouty, of 

Jericho, Vt. 

120. Jane, b. April 7, 1823 ; m. Dec. 27, 1852, Reuben Ferguson, 

and d. Nov. 1, 1865. 

121. George, b. Feb. 26, 1826, and d. Sept. 1, 1829. 

(25) 48. Linus Bascom, second son of Moses, was born at Western, 
April 4, 1785. In 1812-15, removed to Montgomery co., Ind., and in. 
1816 to Darke co., Ohio, as a trader with the Indians. In 1818, he 
was appointed clerk of the court, and was one of the number who 
organized the county. He was for many years an elder of the Pres- 
byterian Church. He married at Greenville, Darke co., 0., April 10, 
1817, Mrs. Jane Gray, daughter of John Devon, the earliest proprie- 
tor of the town. She died Sept. 17, 1829, and he married, May, 1831, 
Clarissa Page. He died at Greenville, 0., July 16, 1861. Issue, born 
at Greenville, were : — 

122. Mary-Alabama, b. Jan. 22, 1818; m. April 8, 1833, James 

Fleming, now a widow, resident at New Providence, Iowa. 

123. John-Sanford, b. Dec. 10, 1819 ; m. March 16, 1841, Susanna 

Sprecher, and died at Greenville, June 1, 1843, a lawyer. 
Issue one child : — John-Linus, b. Dec. 25, 1841, served in 
the Union Army four years, a member of the First Missouri 
Battery, and was in thirty-one battles and skirmishes. 

124. Linus, b. Nov. 25, 1821 ; d. Jan. 1, 1826. 

125. Fanny, b. March 28, 1824 ; d. Sept. 12, 1824. 

126. Erastus-Kent, b. Aug. 13, 1825 ; settled as a lawyer in Bluff- 

town, Ind., in spring of 1849. In 1850 he was elected a 
delegate from Wells and Adams counties to revise the Con- 
stitution. He was an assistant clerk in one session of 
the Legislature in the Senate, and was afterwards elected 
prosecuting attorney for Court of Common Pleas. He mar. 
at Richmond, Ind., Aug. 14, 1845, Jane Stetler, and died at 
Blufftown, Ind., Oct. 23, 1852. His widow in 1866 resides 
at Lynn, Wayne co., Ind. Issue were : — 1. George-M., b. 
at Richmond, Ind., Dec. 3, 1846, member of the 7th Indiana 
' Cavalry. 2. Charles-E., b. at Blufftown, Aug. 7, 1849 

127. Ann-Maria, b. Nov. 15, 1832. 



24 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

(25) 49. Samuel-Reed Bascom, third son of Moses, born at Western, 
Mass., early settled at S wanton, Vt., a tanner and currier. He mar. 
Butterfield, and died at Burlington, Vt., Feb. 2, 1810. Issue : — 

128. Samuel-Preble, removed to Greenville, Darke co., Ohio, in 

1832, next year to Liberty, Ind., and from there in a few 
years to Mobile, Alabama, where he mar., and died about 
1851. 

(26) 52. James Bascom, son of Rev. Aaron, b. at Chester, April 16, 
1773 ; removed to Decauter, N. Y., then to Johnsonville, Ohio, and 
finally to Greensburg, 0. He mar. first, April 24, 1794, Helena, dau. 
of Eleazer Wales, who d. Sept. 24, 1827, aged 61 years ; and second, 
Sept., 1828, widow Sarah Bushnell. He d. at Greensburg, 0., May 
6, 1856. Issue were : — 

129. Eleazer- Wales, b. at Chester, Oct. 22, 1795 ; d. at C, Nov., 

1802. 

130. William-Ashley, b. at Chester, Feb. 18, 1797. 

131. Ellery, b at Chester, July 5, 1798. 

132. Joshua, b. at Chester, Nov. 29, 1799. 

133. Helena, b. at Chester, Dec. 15, 1801 ; mar. March 6, 1821, 

William Harrington, of Greene, Ohio. 

134. Edward, b. at Decauter, N. Y., June 13, 1803. 

135. Charlotte, b. at Decauter, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1805 ; m. January, 

1827, Ziba Harrington, of Hiram, Ohio. 

136. Samuel, b. at Decauter, Jan. 29, 1807 ; d. at Chester, Jan. 31, 

1807. 

137. Horatio, b. at Decauter, June 11, 1808. 

138. George, b. at Decauter, Oct. 8, 1809. 

139. Sarah, b. at Johnsonville, O., July 8, 1829 ; m. Allen Mallery, 

of Russell, Mass. 

140. Linus, b. at J., March 10, 1831. Wounded Sept. 14, 1862, a 

lieutenant at battle of South Mountain, and d. at Middle- 
town, Md., Dec. 29, 1862. 

141. John, b. at J., Feb. 22, 1833 ; d. in theU. S. service, Nov. 19, 

1864. 

142. Lyman, b. at J., June 30, 1836 ; m. Mary Beach; residence at 

Johnsonville, Ohio. 

(26) 53. Samuel-Ashley Bascom, second son of Rev. Aaron, b. at 
Chester, Feb. 19, 1780, graduated at Williams College, 1799, and died 
at Greensburg, Ohio, in 1830, without issue. He passed several years 
of his life as tutor and teacher in or near Charleston, S. C. 

(26) 55. Aaron Bascom, third son of Rev. Aaron, b. at Chester, 
April 19, 1783, removed from Chester to Greensburg, Ohio, and in 
1866 was residing at Greene, O. He mar. Jan. 9, 1811, Orpha Tup- 
per, daughter of Reuben Tupper, of Yamasco, Lower Canada. She 
died at Belfast or Alleghany, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1854 ; and he mar. April 25, 
1865, Martha Buttricks. Issue were : — 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 25 

143. Dorinda, b. at Yamasco Mount, Canada, Sept. 20, 1812 ; mar. 

1st, Shepard ; and 2d, Banks. 

144. Mary, b. at Chester, Mass., March 20, 1814. 

145. Samuel-Ashley, b. at Chester, Dec. 25, 1817 ; d. at Greene, 

Ohio, Jan. 10, 1836. 

146. Emerson-P., b. at Chester, Feb. 28, 1820. " Farming and preach- 

ing" in Wisconsin. 

147. Aaron-Dwight, b. at Chester, Feb. 28, 1822 ; d. at Greene, 0., 

Feb. 11, 1841. 

148. Asahel- Wright, b. at Greensburg, Q., Nov. 20, 1826. In 

Wisconsin. 

149. Ruth-Ann, b. at Greensburg, Feb. 16, 1829 ; m. Jephtha Gor- 

ham, late a sutler in the Federal army, and lives in Michigan. 

150. MARTHA-M.,b. at Greensburg, May 5, 1833; m. George Everts, 

who died in the Federal service in 1862. She died at North 
Newburgh, Mich., Feb. 2, 1844. 

(26) 56. John Bascom, fourth son of the Rev. Aaron, was born at 
Chester, Dec. 23, 1784 ; graduated at Williams College in 1807, and 
at the Andover Theological Seminary in 1811. He m. Sept. 5, 1813, 
Laura, daughter of Moses Woodbridge, of Glastenbury, Ct., and died 
at Genoa, N. Y., March, 1828, where he had been for several years 
settled in his profession as clergyman. His issue, all born at Genoa, 
were : — 

151. Harriet, b. Jan. 7, 1816; m. Feb. 15, 1856, F. Beaumont, of 

Indianola, Texas. 

152. Mary, b. April 7, 1818; for some time Principal of the Girls' 

High School, Northampton, Mass., and died unm. July 22, 
1849. 

153. John, b. Sept. 24, 1820 ; d. at G. Jan. 3, 1821. 

154. Cornelia, b. Nov. 30, 1822. 

155. John (Rev.), b. May 1, 1827 ; graduated at Williams College, 

in the class of 1849. Tutor, and now Professor of Rhetoric 
at the same, m. Jan. 8, 1856, Emma Curtiss, and has issue : — 
1. George-M., b. May 27, 1857. 2. Jennie, b. April 13, 1859. 
3. Emma, b. June 3, 1861. 4. Florence, b. July 14, 1862. 
5. Mabell, b. Aug. 3, 1867 ; d. Aug. 16, 1868. 

(26) 60. Raynolds Bascom, youngest son of Rev. Aaron, b. at 
Chester, Nov. 26, 1793 ; graduated at Williams College in 1813, at the 
Andover Theological Seminary in 1819, afterwards Tutor at Williams. 
He was for some time Principal of the Academy at Westfield, Mass., 
and afterwards settled as preacher at Camden, S. C. He was also a 
missionary in the Choctaw Tribe of Indians. He married, and is 
supposed to have died without issue, at Camden, in 1828. 

(27) 70. Caleb Bascom, fourth son of Caleb, was b. at Western, 
Mass., Feb. 10, 1801, removed in 1828 to Sherburn, Chenango co., 
N. Y., and afterwards to Oneida, Madison co., N. Y. lie m. Sept. 9, 

3 



26 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

1823, Betsey, daughter of Josiah Haywood, b. at Brimfield, Mass., 
Nov. 23, 1199. Issue:— 

156. Sarah, b. June 24, 1824; m. Alexander Lampman, of Verona, 

N. Y. 
151. Ann-Hayward, b. Nov. 1, 1826 ; unmarried. 

158. James- Williams, b. Aug. 15, 1830. 

159. Charles, b. Oct. 18, 1831 ; removed to Nevada. 

(29) 13. Ira Bascom, eldest son of Samuel, b. at Western, Mass., 
April 16, 1181 ; lived at Ludlow, Ware, Southbridge and Worcester. 
He mar. April 22, 1821, Hannah Blackmoor, andd. at Worcester, Sept. 
15, 1863. His widow, in 1865, was living at Chicopee. Issue were:— 

160. Lewis-H., b. at Ludlow, May 1, 1822, now of Worcester. 

161. Julia-Ann, b. at L., July, 1823 ; m. March 20, 1845, and 2d, 

Feb. 11, 1850, Elijah B. Gibbs, of Sturbridge, in 1865 of 
Chicopee. 

162. Azuba, b. at L., Oct. 11, 1824; m. Oct. 4, 1850, John Gary, 

of Ware. 

163. Caroline, b. at L., July 14, 1826 ; m. Oct. 3, 1848, John Ger- 

alds, of Hardwick. 

164. William, b. at L., Feb. 14, 1828; m. Feb. 21, 1841, Anna 

Pelton, and in 1865 was resident at Auburn, N. Y., in the 
U. S. service. 

(29) 14. Henry-Harvey Bascom, second son of Samuel, was b. at 
Sturbridge, Oct. 16, 1199 ; early removed from his native town and 
resided for many years abroad, as a physician in South America, Bar- 
bados, Demarara, Havana and Bermuda, and in 1866 at Philadelphia. 
He mar. at Caraccas, Ven., S. A., in 1832, Frances Mary Ybannaha, 
who died, having had issue one child : — 

165. Caroline, b. in 1833 ; married, and died leaving no issue. 

EIGHTH GENERATION. 

(35) 18. Thomas Bascom, eldest son of Joel, b. at Cambridge, Yt., 
Oct. 31, 1196 ; m. in 1818, Sarah Searl, and resides at Albion, Orleans 
co., N. Y., with issue : — 

166. Lucinda, b. 1821. 
161. Louisa, b. 1823. 

168. Harriet, b. 1824. 

169. Mary-Jane, b. 1825. 

110. Trueman, b. July 31, 1832. 

111. A. S. Dealbert, b. May 11, 1841. 

(35) 81. Milo Bascom, second son of Joel, b. at Milton, Yt., Jan. 1, 
1801; m. Lydia Foster, and d. "at Bergen, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1829. 
Issue : — 

112. Elliot- White, b. Oct. 14, 1825 ; removed to California in 1841, 

and in 1865 was at Rancho Ell Tejone, in the Regular U. S. 
Army, unmarried. 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 27 

1*73. Sophronia-M., b. July 17, 1827 ; m. July 16, 3 845, Myron H. 
" Tichner, and d. May 25, 1849, leaving issue : — Lydia, b. 
July 4, 1847. 

174. Altheda-Strong, b. at Bergen, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1829 ; m. Oct. 

5, 1847, Wm. S. Norton, and in 1865 resided at Cortland, 
De Kalb co., 111., with issue : — 1. Orlo-Damon, b. July 7. 
1851. 2. Harriet-Adeline, b. Sept. 20, 1856. 3. Adelaide- 
Norton, b. April 10, 1865. 

(52) 130. William- Ashley Bascom, second son of James, b. at 
Chester, Mass., Feb. 18, 1797 ; m. March 18 (or 21), 1824, at Greens- 
burg, Ohio, Altha, dau. of Rev. Robert Crane, of Woodbury, Conn. ; 
residence in 1866, at G-reensburg, Trumbull co., Ohio, a farmer and 
merchant. Issue : — 

175. Wales, b. at Greensburg, Feb. 28, 1825 ; d. May 26, 1850. 

176. Elvira-A., b. at G., Sept. 6, 1826 ; m. April 8, 1847, Charles- 

A., b. June 16, 1824, son of William and Helena Harrington 
(see 133), lawyer and county clerk of Trumbull co., resi- 
dence Warren, 0. Issue : — 1. Charles-Frederick, b. March 
27, 1848. 2. Frank- Wales, b. May 5, 1855. 

177. Alice-A., b. at G., March 27, 1828. 

178. Reynolds-R., b. at G., March 6, 1833 ; m. Oct. 2, 1854, Lucy 

F., daughter of Daniel-G. Andrews, formerly of Hartford, 
Ohio. He is the Post-master of Greensburg. Issue : — 
Harold-Wales, b. Aug. 11, 1858. 

(52) 131. Ellery Bascom, third son of James, b. at Chester, July 5, 
1798 ; m. in 1833, Elvira Bissell, a native of Middlefield, Mass. He 
graduated at Western Reserve College, in 1830, studied theology 
at Princeton, N. J., and is now preaching at Janesville, Wis. Issue : — 

179. Franklin, b. Feb. 28, 1842, at Lagrange, Ind. 

(52) 132. Joshua Bascom, fourth son of James, b. at Chester, Nov. 
29, 1799, a physician of great worth ; mar. Jan. 14, 1827, Charlotte 
Scott. She d. at Smithport, Pa., March, 1829, aged 24 years. He 
m. at Smithport, Sept. 6, 1829, Abigail-W., daughter of Timothy and 
Caroline Newell. She d. July 3, 1850 ; and he m. at Jackson, Ohio, 
in 1850, Mrs. Jane Richards. He d. at Shippen, Pa., Dec. 11, 1863, 

and his widow afterwards mar. Baker, of Colebrook, Ashtabula 

co., Ohio. Issue : — 

180. Helen-C, b. at Smithport, Pa., March 5, 1829 ; m. Chester 

Case, and resides, in 1867, atKingsville, Ashtabula co., Ohio. 

181. Henry-N., b. at Greene, 0., Sept. 11, 1833; resides at Clifton 

Mills, Pierce co., Wis. 

182. Louisa-M., b. at Greene, 0., Jan. 6, 1836 ; drowned in War- 

ren, O., Aug. 11, 1838. 

183. Ellen-Mary, b. at Greene, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1844. 

184. Charles-J., b. at Troy, Ohio, Jan. 15, 1852. 

185. Kate, b. at Greensburg, Ohio, Jan. 28, 1856. 

186. Florence-A., b. at Colebrook, Ohio, June 8, 1858. 



28 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

(52) 134. Edward Bascom, fifth son of James, b. at Decatur, N, Y., 
June 13, 1803 ; m. April 27, 1837, Ruth, daughter of David Rood, 
formerly from Vermont, at Pymatuning, Mercer co., Pa. He resides, 
in 1866, at Greensburg, Ohio. Issue, all born at Greene, 0., were : — 

187. Edward- Wright, b. May 15, 1838; m. Oct. 17, 1861, Mrs. 

Marion-B. Lamberton, of Alleghany, N. Y., and in 1866 re- 
sides at Oil City, Venango co., Pa. 

188. William-Ashley, b. June 12, 1841; m. Nov. 8, 1861, T.-M. 

Temple, of Greene, 0., and in 1866 resides at Greensburg, 
0., having served in the 86th 0. V. I., and afterwards in 
177th 0. V. I. 

189. Emily-Ermina, b. March 23, 1846. . 

190. John-Howard, b. June 12, 1848 ; served in the 125th 0. V. I., 

and was twice wounded, the second time severely, at the 
battle of Franklin, Tenn. 

191. Caroline-Elvira, b. Jan. 2, 1858. 



(52) 137. Horatio Bascom, sixth son of James, b. at Decatur, N.Y., 
June 11, 1808 ; m. at Smithport, Pa., April 22, 1832, Caroline-Eliza- 
beth, daughter of Timothy and Caroline Newell, b. at Union, Ct., Feb. 
12, 1808. He resides, in 1866, at Braceville, Trumbull co., Ohio. 
Issue : — 

192. Frances-Jane, b. at Greene, 0., May 7, 1833 ; d. Feb. 20, 1837. 

193. Franklin-Augustus, b. at G., Dec. 11, 1834 ; m. Nov. 21, 1862, 

at Manlius, Bureau co., 111., Arkie-D , daughter of John and 
Jane Whittington. Issue : — Caroline-E., b. at Appleton, 
Wis., Aug. 22, 1863. 

194. Horatio-Newell, b. at G., April 12, 1837 ; d. at G., Sept. 24, 

1838. 

195. Jennie-C, b. at G., June 5, 1840. 

196. Mary-Louisa, b. at G., June 21, 1842; m. Nov. 15, 1865, 

Henry-H. Otis. 

197. Ollie-M., b. at G., Sept. 21, 1844. 

198. Martha-Helena, b. at G., Aug. 6, 1846. 

199. Timothy-N., b. at G., March 16, 1848 ; d. at G., April 29, 1848. 

200. Franklin-C, b. at Gustavus, 0., Nov. 27, 1849. 



(52) 138. George Bascom, eighth son of James, b. at Decatur, 
N. Y., Oct. 8, 1809; m. at Olean, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1835, Eunice Dogge, 
b. at Olean, Cattaraugus co., N. Y., Dec. 4, 1818. She d. at Burton, 
N. Y , June 20, 1844, and he mar. at Olean, July 15, 1849, Cordelia- 
Jane Thayer, b. at Burton, Jan. 30, 1834. He resides, in 1866, at 
Alleghany, N. Y. Issue : — 

201. George-Harrison, b. at Burton, N. Y., March 27, 1837 ; lieut. 

in the Union volunteer army — wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., 
and at Antietam. He m. May 8, 1866, Jane Brennan. 

202. Helen-Janet, b. at Burton, May 5, 1838 ; d. Nov. 25, 1841. 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 29 

203. Charlotte-Helen, b. at Burton, July 26, 1840 ; m. at Allegha- 

ny, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1859, Dr. Charles-Day Thompson, of 
Warren, Ohio. 

204. Charles-Harvey, b. at Burton, Aug. 15, 1842 ; served one 

year in Union Volunteers. 

205. Henry-Clay, b. at Alleghany, N. Y., July 11, 1850. 

206. Frederick-Harrington, b. at A., Oct. 29, 1853. 

207. Ada-Hortense, b. at A., Oct. 28, 1856 ; d. March 24, 1865. 

208. Grace-Wells, b. at A., May 24, 1861. 

209. Mary-Eliza, b. at A., June 7, 1864. 



PART II. 



THIRD GENERATION. 

(4.) 8. John Bascom, youngest son of Thomas, Jr., was born at 
Northampton, Oct. 14, bapt. Oct. 15, 1672. He m. Dec. 12, 1700, 
Thankful, daughter of Thomas and Abigail Webster, of Northampton; 
and granddaughter of Gov. John Webster by wife Agnes. She was 
b. at Hadley, Jan. 12, 1679. 

March 27, 1725, he sold to Abner Lyman, " house and homestead " 
in N., for £185, being bounded S. on Stoddard and Shelding, E. on 
highway, N. on John Lyman, " and ye meadow fence or country road 
westwardly," in all seven acres. He probably soon removed to Leba- 
non, Conn., for May 26, 1730, he, then of that place, sold to Noah Shel- 
don, of N., his right to his father's woodlands in N. 

He d. at Lebanon, Conn., June 27, 1755, according to the town 
records " in ye 84th year of his age." No record of the death of his 
wife is to be found. He had an only child. 

210. Daniel,* b. at Northampton, Feb. 13, 1703. 

FOURTH GENERATION. 

(8) 210. Daniel Bascom, only child of John, was b. at Northamp- 
ton, Mass., Feb. 13, 1703 ; m. at N., Feb. 27, 1723, Elizabeth French, 
and removed with his father to Lebanon, Conn., where all his children- 
were born. His wife d. at L., Feb. 15, 1749-50, and he m. Oct. 11, 
1750, Mary,' dau. of Rev. John Bliss, of the neighboring town of He- 
bron. He d. at L., March 17 or 18, 1761, and his grave-stone, on 
which he is styled " Ensign," is to be seen in the Goshen parish bury- 
ing ground in that town. His issue were : — • 

* No other births are to be found in the Northampton or Lebanon records, and an 
account of this branch, drawn up by Chauncey Bascom, forty-five years ago, states that 
Daniel, his grandfather, was an only child. 
3* 



30 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

211. Abigail, b. April 4, 1126 ; m. April 6, 1749, Ephraim Wilcox, 

and had : 1. Daniel, b. Feb. 26, 1751. 2. Abigail, b. Oct. 10, 
1752. 3. Ephraim, b. Sept. 5, 1754. 4. Mary, b. March 4, 
1757. 5. Abraham, b. Aug. 30, 1759.. 6. Elizabeth, b. 
Oct. 20, 1761. 

212. Daniel, b. Feb. 13, 1727-8. 

213. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 26, 1729 ; m. Feb. 18 or 20, 1746, David 

Bartlet, of Northampton, and had : 1. Elizabeth, b. at N., 
Dec. 1, 1747. 2. David, b. at N., June 1, 1752. 

214. Thankful, b. April 20, 1731 ; m. March 13, 1763, John Strong, 

of Hebron, Conn. 
, 215. Sarah, b. April 17, 1733 ; m. A. Root. 

216. Mary, b. Feb. 12, 1731-5 ; m. Nov. 21, 1754, Samuel Allen, 

of Hebron. 

217. John, b. Dec. 9, 1736. 

218. Elihu, b. Jan. 13, 1738-9. 

219. Jonathan, b. Sept. 14, 1740. 

220. Billee [William], b. Oct. 3, 1742. 

221. Eunice, b. Jan. 12, 1752; m. Joel Strong. 

222. Abiel, b. Oct. 13, 1753. 

223. Olive, b. Oct. 1, 1755 ; m. Thomas Howes. 

224. Rachel, b. Jan. 22, 1758 ; m. Ebenezer Northam. 



FIFTH GENERATION. 

(210) 212. Daniel Bascom, eldest son of Ensign Daniel Bascom, b. 
at Lebanon, Conn., Feb. 13, 1727-8 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Uriah and 
Elizabeth (Ingraham) Ward, of Union, Conn., b. at Union, Oct. 29, 
1738, and d. in 1810, at Belchertown, Mass., a widow.* He early 
removed from Lebanon, and d. in 1790, at Stafford, Conn. His issue 
were : — 

225. Nathan. 

226. Uriah [or Uriel.] 

227. Samuel, b. at Wilbraham, Mass., May 29, 1776. 

228. Olive, b. at Stafford, Conn. ; m. John Hyde, of Belchertown, 

d. July, 1840, and has descendants. 

(210) 217. John Bascom, second son of Ensign Daniel, b. at Leba- 
non, Conn. Dec. 9, 1736 ; m. (probably) Sarah Burleigh, and settled 
in the western part of Connecticut. He had issue : — 

229. Alice, b. Sept. 18, 1768 ; m. March 4, 1791, Alexander Gris- 

wold, Jr., and d. Jan. 26, 1862. He d. July 13, 1832. Issue: 
1. Alexander-H.', b. June 10, 1792; in 1866, of E. Granby, 
Conn. 2. Almira, b. June 20, 1796. 3,4. Elihu and Asaph, 
twins, b. Dec. 20, 1799. 5. Laura-E,, b. Feb. 15, 1802. 

230. Asaph. 

* Family records say his wife's name was Rebecca "Ward. Our information of this 
branch is scanty, and we have been unable to verify either account. 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 31 

231. Elias, said to have gone to sea. 

232. Ezekiel, b. at Union, Conn., in 1773. 

234. John, b. Jan. 20, 1783. 
And perhaps others. 

(210) 218. Elihu Bascom, third son of Ensign Daniel Bascom, b. 
at Lebanon, Conn., Jan. 13, 1738-9 ; m. at Northampton, Sept. 21, 
1762, his relative Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph (Part v., 708) Bascom. 
He settled at Lebanon, but very soon removed to Greenfield, Mass., 
and after the death of his wife, which took place March 30, 1783, he 
went to Vermont, residing at Chester, then in 1808 to Crown Point, 
N. Y., and last to Springfield, Vt., where>he died. The grave-stone 
of his wife is to be seen in Greenfield. Issue : — 

235. Abigail, bapt. at Lebanon, Dec. 11, 1763. Probably m. Melzer 

Wentworth, and settled in western New York. 

236. Elizabeth, b. at Greenfield, Sept. 2, 1765 ; m. at G., Feb. 29, 

1787, John French, and removed to Kingston, Canada West. 

237. Daughter, b. and d. at G., July 7, 1767. 
238-9. Twin sons, b. and d. at G., March 21, 1768. 

240. Son, b. and d. at G., March 8, 1769. 

241. Rachel, b. at G., March 23, 1770 ; m. (published March 26, 

1801) Henry White, of Shelburne. 

242. Thankful. 

243. Daniel, b. at Gill, Oct. 15, 1780. 

(210) 219. Jonathan Bascom, fourth son of Ensign Daniel, b. at 
Lebanon, Conn., Sept. 14, 1740 ; graduated at Yale College, in class 
of 1764. Studied theology and was ordained, in 1772, over the Con- 
gregational Church at Orleans, Mass. He m. Dec. 23, 1766, Temper- 
ance, dau. of Col. Willard Knowles, of Eastham. She d. at O., April 8, 
1782, aged 34, and he m. Aug. 10, 1782, widow Phcebe Sears, dau. of 
John Taylor, of O. She d. Aug. 16, 1 784, aged 37, and he m. Feb. 10, 
1785, Betty Freeman, of Orleans, ne d. at O., March 18, 1807. The 
slab covering his remains in the old grave-yard at Orleans is thus 
inscribed : — 

This 

Monument is erected in memory 

of the 

Rev. Jonathan Bascom, A.M. 

who was born at Lebanon, Ct., in 1740, 

graduated at Yale College in 1764, ordained 

over the church of Christ in Orleans in 1772, 

died March 18th 1807 in the 67th year of his age, 

and the 35th of his pastoral relation. 

He was richly endowed with ministerial graces, fervent in 

prayer, in doctrine evangelical, in warning faithful, in 

administering consolation affectionate, instant in season 

and in success abundant. 

His issue, all born at Orleans, were : — 

244. Timothy, b. May 2, 1767. 

245. Jonathan, b. June 19, 1769 ; d. at O., Jan. 19, 1775. 



32 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

246. Abigail, b. Aug. 29,. mi; m. Oct. 9, 1794, Jonathan Hall, 

of Sandwich, Mass., and died Dec. 21, 1827. He d. March 
19, 1806. Their issue were :— 1. Tempe, b. Oct. 15, 1795 ; 
m. Arthur Crocker, of (Cotuit) Barnstable, who died with- 
out issue, Feb. 19, 1852. 2. Elisha, b. Aug. 22, 1797 ; d. 
March 28, 1808. 3. Jonathan-Bascom, b. July 21, 1799; 
m. Sept. 3, 1829, Clarissa, daughter of Stephen Sears, and 
had issue, one child, Charles- Bascom, b. Sept. 3, 1830. 4. 
Delia, b. May 6, 1801 ; m. Benjamin Chipman, and d. Oct. 
1838, 5. Charles, b. April 14, 1803 ; m. Mary-A. Ball, and 
died Nov. 20, 1849, at Fairfield, Indiana. 

247. Jonathan, b. May 16, 1776. 

248. Tempt, b. June 17,1778 ; m. March 1, 1804, John Crowell, of 

Chatham, Mass., and died Oct. 24, 1808. He was lost at 
sea in Nov., 1809. Their issue were : — 1. Rebecca, b. 
Jan. 8, 1805 ; m. Aug. 2, 1825, Richard Ryder, and had 
issue :—John-C, b. May 1£, 1826 ; Rebecca- C, b. May 20, 
1828; Richard, b. Dec. 15, 1829. 2. Rhoda,b. Nov. 25, 1806; 
m. Nov. 15, 1827, Zenas Atkins, and had issue : — Jonathan- 
B., b. Sept, 9, 1828 ; Corinda, b. Oct. 31, 1830 ; Rhoda-G., 
b. June 12, 1838 ; Eben-T., b. Oct. 22, 1846 ; Alvin-Z., b. 
Nov. 2, 1849. 

249. William, b. May 19, 1780. 

250. Phcebe, b. May 22, 1783 ; d. at 0., Aug. 29, 1783. 

251. Charles, b. Aug. 20, 1787 ; d. at O., Sept. 10, 1805. 

(210) 220. Billee [William] Bascom, fifth son of Ensign Daniel, b. 
at Lebanon, Conn., Oct. 3, 1742 ; m. Mary Williams, and resided at 
Lebanon, where all his children were born, and where both he and 
his wife died. Issue were : — 

252. Ruth, b. June 30, 1767 ; m. Watros, and lived at Rome, N. Y. 

253. Mary, b. April 9, 1769. 

254. Daniel, b. April 1, 1771. 

255. Elizabeth, b. May 27, 1773; m. Williams, of Lebanon, Conn. 

256. Billee [William], b. June 30, 1775. 

257. Rhoda. 

258. f Abigail. 



259. \ Thankful, m. Ira Sprague, of Pittsfield, Mass. 

(210) 222. Abiel Bascom, youngest son of Ensign Daniel, b. at 
Lebanon, Conn., Oct. 13, 1753 ; m. Sybyl Roberts, and resided at 
Lebanon, where he died Jan. 8, 1834. She d. at L. ; Feb. 8, 1847. 
Issue : — 

260. Electa, b. June 29, 1784 ; d. unmar. Jan. 26, 1850. 

261. Lydia, b. Dec. 6, 1785 ; m. Jerham Wright, and had issue. 

262. John-Bliss, b. Feb. 1, 1788. 

263. Justin, b. March 12, 1790 ; d. unmar. Aug. 19, 1816. 

264. Julius, b. March 29, 1792 ; m. Lydia Polk, and d. at Tremont, 

111., without issue, May 25, 1858. 

265. Samuel, b. May 20, 1795 ; in 1870, unmar. at Lebanon, Conn. 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 33 

266. Chauncey, b. July 19, 1797 ; a writing master ; d. unmar., 

April 29, 1833. 

267. Clarissa, b. March 29, 1799 ; in 1870 unmar. at Lebanon, Ct. 

268. Sophia, b. Nov. 1, 1801 ; m. Dec. 5, 1824, Griswold Gillet, of 

Hebron. 

269. Flavel, b. June 8, 1804. 



SIXTH GENERATION. 

(212) 225. Nathan Bascom, son ^ of Daniel, early settled at Ware 
and Belchertown, Mass. ; m. Thankful Hyde, and d. at B., April 8, 
1847. She d. at B., April 21, 1834. Issue :— 

270. Leonard, b. at Ware, Dec. 29, 1797 ; m. Maria Bense, and in 

1866 was living at Wilney, N. Y. 

271. Amarilla, b. at W., April 12, 1799; unmar. in 1866. 

272. Dwight, b. at W., Dec. 4, 1800 ; d. at B. unmar. June 6, 1845. 

273. Theodosia, b. at W., May 14, 1803 ; unmar. in 1866. 

274. Elam, b. at Belchertown, March 19, 1806 ; in 1866 at Oakham. 

275. William, b. at B., April 16, 1808 ; unmar. at B. in 1866. 

276. Nathan, b. at B., May 4, 1810 ; was at B. in 1864. 

277. Samuel, b. at B., Nov. 18, 1812 ; in 1866 at Belchertown. 

(212) 226. Uriel Bascom, son of Daniel, settled at Hanover, N. H. 
He is said to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and to have served 
three years and nine months in the continental army. He m. first, Polly 
Howlett, and second, Susan Wright, who died in 1809. He m. third, 
Betsy Clark, and d. at St. Johnsville, N. Y., May, 1836. She died 
Feb., 1854, at Broadalbin, N. Y. Issue :— 

278. Daughter by first wife, died young.* 

279. Charlotte, b. at Hanover, N. H. ; d. unmar. 

280. Daniel, b. at H., Feb., 1782 ; removed to Polo, 111., married, 

and had a dau. Elizabeth, b. at Johnstown, N. Y., Sept. 18, 
1831, who ra. Dec. 13, 1856, David Myers (b. in Dauphin 
co., Pa., April 2, 1826), and in 1866 resided at Forreston, 
111., with issue. 

281. William, died unmarried. 

282. Electa, d. unmar. at Hanover, N. H. 

283. Luman, died an infant. 

284. Luman, b. at Hanover, July 18, 1801. 

285. Samuel, died young. 

286. Eliza, b. 1806 ; unmar. in 1864, at Hanover. 

287. Child, died an infant. 

288. Samuel Clark, b. at Norwich, Yt. ; Feb. 14, 1814. 

(212) 227. Samuel Bascom, son of Daniel, b. at Wilbraham, Mass., 
May 29, 1776 ; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1803, studied for 

* One account says she married a Davis. , 



34 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

the ministry, and was ordained over the Congregational church at 
Sharon, Vt. He m. March 26, 1811, Mary, dau. of Elisha Burton. 
She d. March 18, 1825, and he m. June 29, 1829, Martha Tucker. 
He d. at Sharon, Vt., March 17, 1837. Issue, born at Sharon : — 

289. Mart, b. Jan. 15, 1812 ; d. June 28, 1815. 

290. Samuel-Burton, b. Feb. 4, 1817 ; d. Nov. 26, 1845, unmar. 

291. Thomas-Spencer, b. Aug. 24, 1820 ; graduated at Dart. Med. 

College, 1843, receiving .the degree of M.D., and d. unmar. 
at Broadalbin, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1844. 

292. John, b. July 18, 1830 ; merchant at Bradford, Vt. ; m. May 3, 

1865, Kate E. Towne, of Boston, at Hillsborough, N. H. 

293. Benjamin, b. Nov. 3, 1833 ; m. Nov. 26, 1862, Amanda C. 

Chou. 

(217) 230. Asaph Bascom, of Torrington, Conn., eldest son of John, 
m. in 1800, Betsy Bacon, b. in 1782 ; d. at Oswego, N. Y., in 1847. 
He d. at Rensselaerville, N. Y., in 1819. His issue were : — 

293a. Sarah, b. 1800 ; d. October, 1853 ; m. Stephen Bennett, of 
Stonington, and had issue : — Joseph, Sarah and Stephen. 

293b. Lurah, b. 1802 ; d. September, 1853 ; m. Gayius King, and 
had issue, George, William and Almira. 

293c. Harriet-Elizabeth, b. 1804 ; m. Dr. P. Laham, and d. at Farm- 
ington, Conn., March 17, 1868. 

293d. Asaph, b. 1806 ; lives at Oswego, N. Y. ; m. Marian Goal, 
and has issue four children. 

293e. Eliza-Anne, b. 1808 ; m. Oct. 22, 1824, Hiram-B. Gibbs, of 
Danbury, Ct., and has issue : — 1. Betsey-Harriet, b. Nov. 
15, 1825. 2. Erasmus-D., b. June 18, 1827. 3. Hiram-W., 
b. Nov. 26, 1835 ; d. Aug. 27, 1838. 4. Hiram, b. Sept. 
12, 1839. 5. Irene-E., b. Sept. 12, 1852. 

293f. Hiram, b. at Torrington ; m. Oct. 16, 1834, Esther Shattuck, 
and lives at Unionville, Farmington, Ct. His issue are : — 
1. Sarah-Maria, b. at New-Hartford, Sept. 29, 1835 ; d. at 
Farmington, May 18, 1839. 2. Robert-Hiram, b. at F., 
April 16, 1840 ; d. Aug. 17, 1842. 3. Sarah-Maria, b. at 
F., March 7, 1842. 4. Harriet-Elizabeth, b. at F., May 8, 
1851. 

(217) 232. Ezekiel Bascom, son of John, b. at Union, Ct., 1773 ; m. 
about 1795, at Sangersfield, N. Y., Mary McCune. She d. at San- 
gersfield in 1807, and he mar. about 1814, Sarah, widow of William 
Alvord, and dau. of John Pate. He died at Brookfield, Madison co., 
N. Y., in 1843. Issue :— 

294. Fanny, b. at Sangersfield, N. Y., June 30, 1799; m. April, 

1832, John Hoxie, and d. at Plainfield, N. Y., May 5, 1833. 

295. Florilla, b. at S., March 24, 1802 ; m. April, 1828, Dr. Almon 

Wood, of Durhamville, N. Y. 

296. Lovina, b. at S., April 26, 1804; m. March 13, 1828, Elias 

Morgan, of Brookfield, N. Y. 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 35 

297. Lester, b. at S. ; Sept. 23, 1806. 

298. Alzina, b. at S., in 1866 at Utah. 

299. Cyrus, in 1866 at the West. 

300. Andrew, b. at Brookfield, N. Y., Jan. 25, 1819; m. Sept. 16, 

1846, Adelia-S., dau. of Wm. Tompkins. She d. at Ful- 
ton, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1857, aged 33 years, and he m. Oct. 7, 
1860, Margaret-Ann, dau. of Robert-I. Kennedy, of Broad- 
albin, N. Y. Residence in 1866, at Gloversville, N. Y. 
Issue :— 1. Eliza-Adelia, b. at Volney, N. Y., July 9, 1847. 

2. Alice-Angelia, b. at Brookfield, N. Y., Dec. 30, 1849. 

3. Almon-W., b. at Brookfield, N. Y., Dec. 4, 1851. 

301. Orren-B., died in Illinois. 

302. Louisa, b. at Brookfield, N. Y. ; d. at B., unmar. 

303. Laura, b. at Brookfield ; d. at B., unmar. 

304. Joel, b. at Brookfield, in 1865 in Utah. 

305. Ira, b. at Brookfield, in 1865 in Missouri. 

(217) 234. John Bascom, son of John, b. Jan. 20, 1783 ; m. Aug. 23, 
1807, Elizabeth, dau. of John Hunt, and died at Granby, Ct., Nov. 20, 
1817. His widow, b. Jan. 28, 1791, was for some time Matron of the 
Insane Asylum in Worcester, Mass. She m. Nov. 1, 1828, Moses 
Griswold. He d. Nov. 1, 1829, and she-d. at Ottawa, 111., June 19, 
1835. Issue of John and Elizabeth Bascom were : — 

306. Ellas, b. at Glastenbury, Ct., Feb. 7, 1808 ; m. June 8, 1837, 

Sarah-M. Jewett. 

307. Caroline, b. at Glastenbury, Sept. 20, 1810 ; m. June 18, 1829, 

John-M. Davidson. 

308. John, b. at Glastenbury, 1812 ; d. unmar., at Ottawa, 111., 

June 20, 1835. 

309. Lucy-Ann, b. at Torringford, Ct., July 15, 1814 ; m. Sept. 19, 

1843, Charles-C. Clapp, and second, Oct. 20, 1854, Samuel- 
B. Watson, of Worcester. 

310. Eliza, b. at Owego, N. Y., 1816 ; m. June 26, 1835, Amos 

Foster, and d. June 20, 1837, leaving one child, Amos 
Bascom. 

(218) 243. Daniel Bascom, youngest son of Elihu, b. at Gill, Mass., 
Oct. 15, 1780 ; early settled at Crown Point, N. Y. ; mar. Roxcena 
Wood, b. at Montague, Mass., Dec. 24, 1786. He d. at Crown Point, 
April 21, 1852, and she d. Jan. 3, 1851. Issue :— 

311. Alvah, b. at Springfield, Vt., Dec. 1, 1803 ; m. Jane Warner, 

and died at Liberty, Randolph co., 111., Oct. 8, 1844 or 1845. 
His widow was living in 1866, with the surviving sons in 
Sparta, 111. Issue:— 1. Chandler, d. Aug. 19, 1844. 2. Ar- 
thur-Warner, b. Jan. 27, 1836. 3. Henry-B., b. Oct. 19, 
1840. 4. Eugene-Augustine, b. May 1, 1843. 

312. Zilpah, b. at Springfield, Vt., June 22, 1805; m. March 29, 

1824, Job Town, and resides at Crown Point, N. Y. Issue: 
1. Diana, b. April 11, 1829. 2. Ezra-L., b. Oct. 18, 1832 
3. Daniel-J., b. Jan. 9, 1835. 



36 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

313. Daniel- Wood, b. at Chester, Vt., Oct. 16, 180? ; m. Aug. 28, 

1836, Pamelia Shearer, b. Oct. 18, 1817. Residence, Crown 
Point, N. Y. Issue :— 1. Chester, b. Sept. 6, 1837 ; m. Oct. 
9, 1862, Helen Fobes, and has issue : — George-Carlton, 
b. Sept. 28, 1865. 2. Jennie, b. June 7, 1842. 3. Henry- 
Clay, b. Sept. 3, 1844. 

314. Roxcena, b. at Crown Point, N. Y., March 14, 1810 ; m. Nel- 

son Robinson, of Waterville, Wood co., Ohio. 

315. Willard, b. at Crown Point, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1813 ; m. March 

18, 1840, Hannah Stewart, b. at Ticonderoga, N. Y., June 
23, 1815. He removed in 1843 to Meridian, Mich., and in 
1865 to Quasqueton, Buchanan co., Iowa. Issue : — 1. 
Mary-Ann, b. at Ticonderoga, Jan. 20, 1841 ; m. Dec. 30, 
1861, Z. P. Freeman, of the 26 Michigan Regt. Vols. 

2. Hannah-Maria, b. at Meridian, Mich., May 17, 1844. 

3. Lucy-Elizabeth, b. at M., Sept. 29, 1847. 4. Hiram- 
Henry, b. at M., April 19, 1850. 

316. Jason-W., b. at Crown Point, Sept. 30, 1815 ; m. March 14, 

1839, Elizabeth Downs, residence in 1866, Schroon, N. Y. 
Issue : — 1. Justin-Tyrus, b. at Ticonderoga, June 27, 1841, 
died July 8, 1841. 2. Atwood-Jason, b. at Crown Point, 
June 2, 1843 ; volunteered March 30, 1864, in the 96 N. Y. 
Regt., Co. I, wounded severely at Cold Harbor, Va., June 
3, 1864, wounded again at Chapin's Bluff, Va., Sept. ; 64, 
taken prisoner Oct. 27, '64, at Fair Oaks, and d. Dec. 26, 
1864, in Salisbury prison, N. C. 3. Edward-Payson, b. at 
Crown Point, May 30, 1847 ; d. Marcli 12, 1848. 4. Han- 
nah-Elizabeth, b. June 13, 1849. . 

317. Betsey, b. at Crown Point, Oct. 20, 1817 ; m. Arad Robinson, 

and 2d, Hiram Sartwell, residence Ticonderoga, N. Y. 

318. Jonathan, b. at Crown Point, Feb. 8, 1820 ; m. Oct. 3, 1839, 

Elvira Spicer, residence in 1866, at Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Issue: — 1. Elizabeth-Roxcena, b. Aug. 8, 1840. 2. Elvira- 
Rachel, b. April 28, 1844. 3. Ezra Michael, b. June 17, 
1847. 4. Edson-Seymour, b. Dec. 15, 1850. 5. Clarissa- 
Amanda, b. Feb. 5, 1853. 6. Eunice-Irene, b. May 10, 
1855. 7. Emma-Sophia, b. May 29, 1862. 
319a. Ezra, b. at Crown Point, Nov. 16, 1828 ; d. July 24, 1829. 

(219) 244. Timothy Bascom, eldest son of Rev. Jonathan, b. at Or- 
leans, May 2, 1767 ; m. Nov. 19, 1795, Rebecca Gould, of Orleans, 
where he was Town Clerk from 1800 to 1814 inclusive ; removed to 
Peppereil some time after 1838, where he died, Dec. 8, 1848. His 
wife died at P., Nov. 27, 1847. Issue, all b. at Orleans : — 

319b. Abigail, b. March 15, 1800; m. at Lowell, Feb. 27, 1834, 
Joseph Mason, of Yarmouth, Me., and settled at Peppereil. 
Issue :— 1. Joseph-B., b. April 7, 1836. 2. Timothy, b. Nov. 
11, 1839 ; d. July 1, 1840. 

320. Timothy, b. Oct. 9, 1802; d. at Orleans, Dec. 21, 1805. 

321. Clement, b. July 7, 1805; d. at Lowell, Oct. 10, 1835, unmar. 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 37 

322. Timothy, b. Dec. 27, 1806 ; m. Kebecca Daniels, and resides in 

1870, at Lowell, without issue. 

323. Tempe, b. Feb. 28, 1809 ; d. at Orleans, Dec. 8, 1809. 

324. William, b. Aug. 18, 1811 ; m. Sept. 4, 1848, Mariam-S. Far- 

rington. She d. at Lowell, June 6, 1851, and he m. t April 
29, 1862, Eliza-Florilla Anthony. In 1870, resides at Low- 
ell. Issue: — 1. William-Mariam, b. at Lowell, May 24, 
1851. 2. Flora-Ann-Eliza, b. at Lowell, Feb. 7, 1864. 

(219) 247. Jonathan Bascom, third son of Kev. Jonathan, b. at 
Orleans, May 16, 1776 ; m. at Orleans, Sept. 6, 1800, Sally Harding. 
He was a Representative to the General Court from Orleans in 1808, 
1809, 1812-16 ; removed to Lowell, where he d. July 15, 1851. His 
wife d. at West Boylston. Issue all b. at Orleans, were : — 

325. Franklin, b. March 22, 1801 ; m. 1822, Nancy B. Morse, of 

Leominster, and resides in Boston, without issue. 

326. Betsy, b. May 7, 1803 ; m. Asa Fairbanks, andjd. at Springfield. 

327. Sally, b. April 15, 1805 ; m. Goodwin Wood, and d. at Fitch- 

burg. 

328. Jonathan, b. Nov. 25, 1806 ; m. at Worcester, Nov. 30, 1831, 

Lucy Burbank, b. at W., Sept. 18, 1809. She d. at Boston, 
Jan. 31, 1840, and he m. at Lowell, Feb. 2, 1842, Mary- 
Ann Holbrook, b. at Norridgewock, Me., Sept. 3, 1812. 
He resides in 1870, in New-York City. Issue : — 1. Henry- 
Clay, b. at Lowell, Jan. 17, 1834; m. at La Crosse, Wis., 
May 17, 1859, Rosetta- Winston, b. May 17, 1840, at Che- 
nango Forks, Broome co., N. Y., and has issue : — 1. Charles- 
Henry, b. at La Crosse, Feb. 10, 1860 ; d. at Watertown, 
N. Y., Sept. 29, 1865. 2. William- Winston, b. at La 
Crosse, March 25, 1862. 2. Andrew-Burbank, died young. 
3. Adelia-Ann, died young. 4. Lucy-B., died young. 5. 
Joseph-Holbrook, b. at Boston, Jan. 3, 1843. 6. George- 
Jonathan, b. at Brooklyn, N. Y., April 14, 1845. 

329. Catherine-Harding, b. April 12, 1808 ; m. Joel Blake, and re- 

moved to Baltimore ; d. at Fairmount, Mass., July, 1863, 

330. Polly, b. March 11, 1810 ; m. Benj. Leseur. 

331. Willard, b. Nov. 6, 1811. 

332. Andrew-Jackson, b. Feb. 3,|1815 ; portrait painter, of Boston. 

333. Tempe, b. May 10, 1816 ; m. William Page. 

(219) 249. William Bascom, fourth son of Rev. Jonathan, b. at Or- 
leans, May 19, 1780 ; graduated at Harvard College in 1802, studied 
theology, and was ordained over the Congregational Church at Fitch- 
burg, Oct. 16, 1805. He resigned his charge, Dec. 15, 1813, and on 
May 10, 1815, was ordained over the Church at Leominster, where he 
ministered until his resignation in Feb., 1820. He then removed to 
Cambridge (living a portion of the time there in the old parsonage, for- 
merly standing within the college enclosure), and finally to Boston, 
where he died Nov. 16, 1845. He m. at Cambridge, Jan. 1, 1806,' 
Katherine-Brattle, b. at Cambridge, June 8, 1782, eldest daughter of 
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38 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

Rev. Caleb and Katherine (Wendell) Gannett.* She died at Cam- 
bridge, Feb. 26, 1863. Issue :— 

334. Caleb-Gannett, b. at Fitchburg, Oct. 22, 1806 ; m. Mary-Jack- 

son, dau. of Thomas Kidder, of Boston, and has issue : — 1. 
Helen- Wright, b. Nov. 17, 1847 ; m March 31, 1868, Albert- 
M. Gilbert. 2. Mary-Louise, b. Oct. 13, 1852. In 1870, 
resides at Boston. 

335. Ruth-Stiles, b. at Fitchburg, May 5, 1808 ; d. at Boston, unmar. 

Jan. 26, 1835. 

336. Katherine-Brattle, b. at F., April 18, 1810 ; m. at Boston, 

Sept. 9, 1840, Hiram Wheelock, of Sturbridge and Boston, 
b. at Charlton, June 17, 1794, son of Eli and Hannah (Stree- 
ter) Wheelock. He d. at Boston, Aug. 15, 1857, with 
issue by this marriage, one child, Katherine-Brattle, b. at 
Boston, July 9, 1842 ; m. Oct. 5, 1864, Edward-Doubleday 
Harris, architect, of Cambridge. 

337. Tempe-Eliza, b. at F., Feb. 4, 1812 ; m. Oct. 25, 1837, John- 

Palsgrave Gannett, of Boston, b. at Hartford, Ct., March 
19, 1808, son of John : Mico and Mary (Wyllys) Gannett, 
and has issue :— 1. William- Wyllys, b. July 15, 1839. 2. 
John-Stiles, b. March 31, 1841. 

338. William-Brattle, b. at Leominster, Jan. 27, 1816 ; m. Mary- 

Hildreth Stowe, and has issue two daughters. 

339. John-Thomas-Stiles, b. at Leominster, Dec. 13, 1819 ; m. Han- 

nah-Elizabeth Stone, of Salem, and died at Boston, Oct. 28, 
1849, without issue. 

(220) 254. Daniel Bascom, eldest son of William, b. Aprill, 1771, 
at Lebanon, Ct. ; (m. Mary Williams ?) ; and d. at Lebanon, Oct. 15, 
1820. Styled on the grave stone, " Captain. ?■' Issue were : — 

340. Loxanna, dead in 1865. 

341. Jerome, who m. and d. before 1865, leaving a son Gilbert who 

d. at Willimantic, Ct., about 1860, and a daughter. 

(220) 256. William Bascom, youngest son of William, b. at Lebanon, 
Ct., June 30, 1775 ; m. Oct. 1, 1798, Mary Abel; and d. at Columbia, 
Ct., May 14, 1841 ; his wife d. at Columbia, Sept. 3, 1830. Issue :— 

342. Almira, b. June 1, 1799 ; d. Aug. 12, 1859. 

343. Gerrard-A., b. Sept. 26, 1804; m. at Lebanon, Sept. 21, 1830, 

Eunice Brown, b. June 23, 1808 ; he d. at Columbia, Ct., Nov. 
30, 1858. Issue :— 1. Mary-E., b. Sept. 28, 1831 ; m. Mar. 
16, 1856, Levi-C. Grant, of Windsor, Ct. 2. Fannie-W. ; b. 
June 10, 1834. 

(222) 262. John-Bliss Bascom, eldest son of Abiel, b. Feb. 1, 1788 ; 
m. April 15, 1819, Melissa Bliss, b. Nov. 2, 1798; she d. Aug. 30, 
1859 ; he resided at Hebron, Ct., where he died in the spring of 1869. 
His issue were : — 

344. Mary-B., b. Nov. 26, 1821 ; d. Aug. 22, 1824. 

* For her descent, see the author's account of the Brattle Family, 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 39 

345. Mary-E., b. Aug. 24, 1825. 

346. John-Henry, b. April 30, 1834, of Lebanon, Ct. 

347. George-L., b. Oct. 11, 1836 ; d. July 15, 1839. 

(222) 269. Flavel Bascom, youngest son of Abiel, b. June 8, 1804 ; 
graduated at Yale College, 1828 ; studied theology, and in 1833 went 
to Tazewell co., 111., as "Home Missionary"; from about 1841 to 
1849, he was settled over the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, 
when he removed to Galesburg. In 1866, resided at Dover, 111. He m. 
April 30, 1833, Ellen-P., dau. of W.-P. Cleveland, of New London, 
Ct. ; she d. in Tazewell co., 111., Dec. 10, 1837, and he m. Aug. 16, 
1841, Elizabeth-B., dau. of Jonathan Sparhawk, of Hartford, Ct. She 
d. at Galesburg, 111., March 27, 1851, and he m. June 21, 1852, Ruth- 
S. Pomeroy, of Southampton, Mass. Issue : — 

348. Charles-P., b. at Chicago, July 5, 1842. 

349. Ellen-C, b. at C, Feb. 19, 1844 ; d. June 6, 1844. 

350. George-S., b. at C, June 20, 1845. 

351. John-F. b. at C, Jan. 25, 1848. 

352. Thomas-C, b. at Galesburg, Jan. 10, 1851 ; d. July 27, 1851. 

353. Henry-M., b. June 16, 1853. 

354. Clara-E. b. May 11, 1855. 

SEVENTH GENERATION. 

(226) 284. Luman Bascom, son of Uriel, b. at Hanover, N. H., July 
18, 1801 ; m. 1831, Abigail Walker; resides in 1865, at Deep Creek, 
Clinton co., Iowa. Issue : — 

355. Susan-Elizabeth, b. at Windsor, Yt., July 19, 1832 ; iri. 1856, 

J.-M. Schueller, of Andrew, Iowa, and has issue : 1. Mary- 
Eveline, b. at Clayton Centre, Iowa, Oct. 6, 1856. 2. John- 
Luman, b. at C, Jan. 11, 1858 ; d. Dec. 16, 1859. 3. Abbie- 
K.-P., b. at Tete des Marts, Io., Oct. 9, 1863 ; d. Jan. 11, 1864. 

356. John-Sanburn, b. at Windsor, Yt., Aug. 12, 1834; m. 1858, 

Phoebe-A. Spencer, and resides in 1865, at Deep Creek, Iowa. 
Issue: — 1. Allison-Walter, b. at Farmersburg, Iowa, Feb. 
27, 1859. 2. John-Luman, b. at F., Nov. 6, 1860. 3, Fay- 
ette-Spencer, b. at F., Feb. 11, 1862. 

357. Abbie-Ann, b. at St. Johnsville, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1836 ; d. Oct. 

24, 1836. 

358. Jane-Ann, b. at St. J., Jan. 16, 1838 ; d. May 27, 1839. 

359. Infant son, b. and d. Nov. 8, 1841. 

(226) 288. Samuel-Clark Bascom, youngest son of Uriel, b. at Nor- 
wich, Yt., Feb. 14, 1814; m. Oct. 6, 1835, at Orange, Yt., Selinda 
Brown, b. Mar. 13, 1813, dau. of Ebenezer Brown ; residence in 1865, 
at Greenbush, opposite Albany, N. Y. Issue : — 

360. Adeline-Adelia, b. and d. May 11, 1839. 

361. Harriet-Adeline, b. June 10, 1841. 

362. Lucy-Elizabeth, b. June 20, 1843 ; d. July 19, 1843. 

363. William-Uriel, b. July 29, 1846. 

364. Albert-EbIsnezer, b. Aug. 25, 1848. 



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THIRD LINE, 



FOURTH GENERATION. 

(6) 14. Ezekiel Bascom, fourth son of Thomas, b. at Northampton, 
Mass., Nov. 22, 1700; m. March 6, 1128-9, Sarah Severance. She 
d. at Deerfield, Sept. 9, 1729, and he mar., May 23, 1734, Rebecca 
Clary. He d. at Greenfield or Deerfield in 1746 ; and Oct. 25, 1750, 
she mar. Nathaniel Brooks, "who was carried captive to Canada by the 
Indians, and there died. She died at 'Greenfield, April 12, 1776. 
Issue : — 

365. Son, stillborn at Deerfield, Sept. 4, 1729. 

366. Moses, b. at Deerfield, June 8, 1736. 

367. Elias, b. May 8, 1737, probably at Hatfield. 

368. Rebecca, m. Capt. Caleb Chapin, of Bernardston, b. July 2 or 

13, 1736, son of Caleb and Catherine Chapin. He was a 
Revolutionary soldier, and was also under General Shepard 
at Springfield, in the Shay Rebellion. He d. Nov. 10, 1815. 
Their issue were :— 1. Caleb, b. Aug. 20, 1759; d. Nov. 28, 
1838. 2. Rebecca, b. Nov. 26, 1761 ; d. May 13, 1766. 
3. Zalmuna, b. April 3, 1764 ; d. May 20, 1854. 4. Consider, 
b. Aug. 26, 1766. 5. Cyrenius, b. Feb. 7, 1769. 

369. Ezekiel, b. in 1742. 

FIFTH GENERATION. 

(14) 366. Moses Bascom, eldest son of Ezekiel, b. at Deerfield, 
June 8, 1736 ; m. Sept. 22, 1760, Eunice Severance, at Deerfield. 
She died at Greenfield, July 21, 1802, and he mar. (pub. Jan. 7, 1805) 
Mrs. Experience Howland. He was for many years a deacon of the 
church at Greenfield, and died much respected, Sept. 19, 1805. His 
widow m. Feb. 3, 1808, Capt. Seth Lyman, of Northfield. Issue, all 
b. in Greenfield, were : — 

370. Moses, b. May 15, 1761. 

371. Eunice, b. Feb. 5, 1763 ; m. Epaphroditus Loveland, and after 

becoming a widow, died by her own hand in 1810. Their 
issue were: — 1. Epaphroditus. 2. Drucilla. 3. Otis. 4. 
Chester. 5. Roger. 6. Eunice. 7. Rebecca. 8. Ezekiel. 
9. Malachi. 10. Moses. 11. Lysander. 

372. Son, b. and d. May 22, 1764. 

373. Rebecca, b. April 20, 1765 ; m. March 10, 1783, Joseph Nash, 

b. May 28, 1763, son of Daniel of Greenfield. He died at 
Batavia, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1835. She d. at Sylvania, Ohio, 
July 30, 1845. Their issue were : — 1. John, b. June 4, 1784. 
2. Pliny, b. June 5, 1786. 3. Remembrance, b. Aug. 27, 
1788. 4. Timothy, b. July 16, 1791. 5. Joseph, b. Feb. 27, 
1796. 6. Experience, b. Sept. 10, 1798. 7. Eunice, b. 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 41 

April 27, 1800. 8. Moses-Bascom, b. June 12, 1802. 9. 
Experience, b. Dec. 26, 1806. 10. Eunice, b. June 27, 1808. 

374. Mary, b. April 24, 1767 ; m. May 15, 1787, Oliver Atherton, 

and settled in Middlesex, Vermont. Their issue were : — 
1. Elvira, died in infancy. 2. Elvira. 3. Zama. 4. Char- 
lotte. 5. Mary. 6. Mercy. 7. Oliver. 

375. Martha, b. Dec. 11, 1768 ; m. July 5, 1786, Joseph Phillips. 

She d. in Feb. 1848, having borne issue : — 1. Rhoderick. 2. 
Deborah. 3. Moses. 4. Rachel. 5. Daniel. 6. Martha. 
7, Emerancy. The family early removed to northern 
Vermont. 

376. Ohloe, b. July 18, 1770 ; m. April 9, 1789, Jonathan Allen, b. 

April 20, 1766, of New-Haven, Ct. Their issue were : — I. 
Alfred-Bascom, b. June 5, 1789. 2. Aurelia, b. Nov. 17, 
1791 ; d. June 12, 1794. 3. Louis-Capet, b. May 20, 1793. 

4. Charles-Jarvis, b. Feb. 6, 1795. 5. George-Anson, b. 
May 17, 1797. 6. Patrick- Wells, b. Feb. 9, 1800 ; d. Aug. 
26, 1819. 7. Frederic-Ellsworth-Hunt, b. Oct. 1, 1801. 8. 
Albert-Gallatin, b. Feb. 28, 1804. 9. Harriet-Chloe, b. Dec. 
4,1805. *10. Clymena-Sophia, b. Dec. 25, 1807. 11. Jona- 
than-Cooley, b. July 24, 1812. Chloe, wife of Jonathan Allen, 
d. May 2, 1815, and he mar., May 27, 1817, Betsey Bas- 
com, No. 400. 

377. Mercy, b. Feb. 17, 1774; m. Nov. 6, 1794, Israel Phillips, b. 

April 7, 1771, in Ware (now Auburn). He d. Feb. 3, 1844, 
and his wife d. April 28, 1853. Their issue were : — 1. 
Alvah-C., b. May 6, 1795. 2. Israel-B., b. Sept. 1, 1797. 
3. John-T., b. May 26, 1799. 4. Rufus-S., b. Nov. 10, 1801. 

5. Elvira, b. Oct. 14, 1804; d. Sept. 12, 1865. 6. Noble-P., 
b. April 19, 1807. 7. Lysander-E., b. July 16, 1809, de- 
ceased. 8. Daniel-A., b. Feb. 9, 1812, deceased. 9. Moses- 
B., b. July 11, 1814, deceased. 10. Huldah-T., b. Nov. 27, 
1816 ; drowned April 19, 1820. 11. Simon-C, b. Aug. 8, 
1819, now of Greenfield. 

378. Experience, b. Feb. 5, 1776 ; m. March 13, 1800, Eldad Hos- 

mer, of Gill. He d. March 1, 1847, and she d. Oct. 12, 1829. 
Their issue were :— 1. Caroline-P., b. Jan. 23,1801. 2. 
Lysander-B., b. June 6, 1803 ; d. Jan. 7, 1804. 3. Sarah-E., 
b. March 31, 1805. 4-5. Rowena-E. and Clymene-C, twins, 
b. Feb. 6, 1809. 6. Mary-H., b. Nov. 21, 1812. 7. Har- 
riet-A., b. July 29, 1815. 8. Joseph-B., b. Dec. 18, 1818. 

379. Ezekiel-Lysander, b. Aug. 20, 1777. 

And nine others, stillborn or died in infancy. 

(14) 367. Elias Bascom, son of Ezekiel, b. in May, 1738 ; resided 
successively at Hatfield, Hadley, Deerfield, and Northfield, Mass., at 
which latter place he settled in Dec. 1760. He was a clothier or 
weaver, and until an advanced age wrought all the woolen cloth, 
flannel and' linen for his household, as well as for some of his neighbors, 
He served for three months in the French war at Lake George, N. Y., 
3* 



42 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

and was present, though not as a soldier, at the battle of Saratoga, in 
the American Revolution. From Northfield he removed, in 1779, to 
Newport, N. H., and in 1792, to Orwell, Yt. Here he spent the 
remainder of his days, dying Nov. 29, 1833, at the advanced age of 
ninety-six years. He was, till within a few years of his death, re- 
markably vigorous and sprightly. He was a diligent reader of the 
Scriptures, intelligent and discriminating in his judgments, forcible 
and resolute in character, simple and unostentatious in manner. " Or- 
thodox ;; in faith, he held for many years the position of Deacon in 
the Congregational Church at Orwell. 

Elias Bascom was twice married : first at Deerfield, March 13, 1761, 
to Eunice Allen, the mother of all his children ; and second, to Thank- 
ful Graves, of Greenfield. His issue were : — 

380. Elias, b. Feb. 27, 1762. 

381. Reuben, b. April 22, 1763. 

382. Eunice, b. Aug. 25, 1764 ; m. Daniel Buell, of Orwell, and had 

Rufus, Oliver, Rodolphus, Lois and Phoebe. 

383. Jerusha, b. Nov. 23, 1765 ; d. unmar. at Orwell, Vt. 

384. Joseph, bapt. Feb. 13, 1767 ; d. at Northfield, Feb. 14, 1767. 

385. Joseph, b. March 30, 1768. 

386. Zeri, b. Jan. 13, 1770. 

387. Artemidorus, b. Dec. 19, 1774. 

388. Elisha, bapt. Oct. 13, 1776. 

389. Cynthia, mar. Daniel Blandon, by whom she had Lemuel, 

Daniel, Sally and Cynthia ; and 2d, Murray, and d. 

at Williston, Yt. 

390. Lucy, b. Aug. 17, 1778 ; m. Thomas Cutts, of Orwell, Yt. He 

d. March 2, 1857, and she d. Aug. 5, 1841. Their issue 
were: — 1. Sally, b. Feb. 16, 1795; m. Asa Fletcher, and 
d. Aug. 22, 1869. 2. Lorrain, b. April 2, 1797 ; m. Emeline 
Murray, and d. Oct. 15, 1865. 3. Edward, b. Nov. 30, 
1798 ; m. Eliza Messer. 4. Thomas, b. Oct. 25, 1800 ; 
m. Fannie Fingsley, and d. Aug. 3, I860. 5. Lucy, b. Dec. 
2, 1802 ; m. Isaac Fisher. 6. Daniel-Buell, b. March 20, 
1804; m. Lucy Smith. 7. Ira-Bascom, b. May 14,1806; 
• m. M.-E. Messer. 8. Philomela, b. March 23, 1808 ; d. 

Feb. 27, 1853. 9. Fidelia, b. April 27, 1810 ; m. Silas 
Beacher. 10. Mary-Melissa, b. Nov. 12, 1812 ; m. Salmon 
Persons. 11. William, b. Oct. 25, 1815; m. Margaret 
Gourley. 12. Linus-Aurelian, b. Jan. 30, 1818 ; m. Anna 
Smith. 13. Eunice-Caroline, b. Nov. 13, 1821 ; m. Phile- 
tus Swift. 14. Elias-Bascom, b. July 5, 1824. 

391. Rebecca, mar. Benj. (Reuben ?) Wright, and d. at Brasher 

Falls, N. Y. 

392. Ira, b. at Newport, N. H., 1783. 

393. Lucinda, b. 1786 ; m. Clark Sanford, of Orwell, Yt. 

(14) 369. Ezekiel Bascom, son of Ezekiel, b. in 1742 ; m. at North- 
field, Jan. 3, 1765, Anna Brown, and settled at Greenfield, where 
both died — he March 18, 1817, and she March \, 1814, aged 75 years. 
Issue : — ■ 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 43 

394. Anna, b. at Greenfield, Jan. 31, mo ; m. at G., Jan. 16, 1791, 

Elijah Alvord, and d. Aug. 23, 1791. 

395. Electa, b. at Greenfield, Dec. 26, mi ; m. at G., Sept. 8, 

1792, Samuel Wells, Jr. 



SIXTH GENERATION. 

(366) 370. Moses Bascom, eldest son of Deacon Moses, b. at Green- 
field, Mass., May 15, 1761 ; m. Jan., 1782, Anna Sheldon, of Ber- 
nardston, and early settled at Gill. He was a Major in the militia, 
and at the time of his death was a Representative to the State Legis- 
lature from Gill. He d. at Boston, March 8, 1814, of typhus fever. 
His widow d. at Gill, May 3, 1839. Their issue were : — 

396. Emerancy-Climene, b. at Greenfield, Nov. 24, 1782 ; m. (pub. 

Jan. 21, 1805) Jonathan Willard, of Washington, Ohio, 

397. Dorus (Athenodorus), b. at Greenfield, Sept. 15, 1784. 

398. Almeda-Harriet, b. at Greenfield, Aug. 24, 1786 ; unmarried 

in 1866. 

399. Sophia, b. at Greenfield, Aug. 10, 1788 ; m. March 4, 1809, 

Elijah Ballard. Their issue were : — 1. Almeda, b. Sept. 
1810. 2. Charles, b. April, 1812. 3. Julia, b. Oct. 1813. 
4. Mary, b. in Ohio. 

400. Betsey, b. at Gill, Jan. 30, 1791 ; m. May 27, 1817, Jonathan 

Allen, b. April 20, 1766, of New-Haven, Ct. (See 376.) 
He d. Aug. 28, 1836, and she d. Nov. 4, 1865. He had by 
this marriage one son, Paul-Jones, b. Nov. 10, 1826, mar. 
May 13, 1851, Sarah-R. Boyle, and had : — Lizzie, b. Feb. 2, 
1854. Sarah-Louise, b. Nov. 5, 1859. Grace-Eliza, b. Nov. 
15, 1861. 

401. Henry, b. at Gill, Dec. 12, 1793. 

402. Mary- Amelia, b. at Gill, Dec. 19, 1795; m. Sept. 28, 1823, 

Dr. John Brooks, of Bernardston. He was b. Jan. 12, 1783, 
and d. Sept. 9, 1866. His wife d. March 9, 1862. Issue 
by this (his second) marriage were : — 1. Jane-Center, b. 
July 1, 1824 ; d. Sept. 26, 1825. 2. Silas-Newton, b. Dec. 
30, 1825 ; m. April 24, 1849, Melissa-M. Burrows, and had 
Mary-Amelia, John, Halbert- Greenleaf , Bryant-Butler , Jennie- 
Melissa. 3. Jane-Frances, b. Oct. 1, 1831 ; m. June 24, 
1852, Halbert-S. Greenleaf. 

403. John- Adams, b. at Gill, Nov. 12, 1798 ; m. and lived in Floyd, 

Oneida co., N. Y., and died Nov. 10, 1838, leaving issue : — 

1. Cassandra-Stebbins, b. Feb. 19, 1824; d. Aug. 10, 1826. 

2. Harriet-Almeda, b. May 19, 1825, now of Watertown, 
N. Y. 3. Elizabeth-Marinda, b. Oct. 21, 1826, now of 
Watertown, N. Y. 4. Hannah-Amelia, b. Oct. 12, 1828, 
now of Hannibal, Mo. 5. Henry-Lysander, b. June 6, 
1830, of Potsdam, N. Y. 6. Mary-Clarissa, b. June 21, 

■ 1833 ; d. March 2, 1835. 7. George-Frederick, b. Dec. 8, 
1836 ; d. Nov. 24, 186L 



44 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

404. Elijah-Sheldon, b. at Gill, Sept. 18, 1800. 

405. George- Washington, b. at Gill, Jan. 20, 1803. 

406. Oharles-Lysander, b. at Gill, Nov. 22, 1806 ; a hatter by trade, 

early left his native town, and for some time resided in 
Canada. 

(366) 319. Ezekiel-Lysander Bascom, son of Deacon Moses, b. 
Aug. 20, 1*1*1*1 ; graduated at Dartmouth College. in 1786. He was 
settled as a Unitarian minister at Gerry, now Phillipston, Mass., in 
1800, preached afterwards at Charleston, S. C, and Savannah, Ga., 
and was subsequently settled for many years at Ashby, Mass. He m. 
in 1800, Priscilla-Elvira, dau. of Rev. Joel Foster, of New Salem. 
She died at Northampton, April 6, 1801, and he mar. Sally, dau. of 
Silas Holman, of Templeton, Mass. She died in July, 1805, having 
borne one child. He mar. Jan. 1806, Ruth, widow of Dr. Asa Miles, 
of Dartmouth, and dau. of Col. Wm. Henshaw, of Leicester, b. Dec. 
15, 1112. He died April 1, 1841, at Fitzwilliam, N. H., and was 
buried at Ashby, Mass. His widow died Feb. 19, 1848. Issue : — 

407. Elvira-Priscilla, b. Dec. 1803 ; m. at Ashby, Nov. 6, 1826, 

Samuel Philbrick, of Savannah, Ga., who d. at S., Jan. 13, 
1855 ; his widow survived him in 1866, having had issue : — 

1. Lysander-Bascom, b. Oct. 24, 1828 ; d. at Providence, 
R. I., June 22, 1829. 2. Katharine-Alice, b. May 16, 1830 ; 
m. Sept. 19, 1855, Daniel H. Baldwin, of Savannah, Ga. 

3. Lysander-Bascom, b. Dec. 19, 1831 ; d. June 20, 1837. 

4. Samuel, b. Sept. 28, 1833 ; d. at Montgomery, Ga., May 
24, 1834. 5. Eliza-Eastman, b. June 25, 1835 ; m. Oct. 9, 
1855, Benj.-H. Hardee, of Savannah, Ga. 6. Samuel-Gil- 
man, b. July 14, 1836 ; d. July 11, 1844. 7. Edward-Hall, 
b. Sept. 13, 1837 ; d. Nov. 20, 1837. 8. Henry- Waring, b. 
Aug. 26, 1840; d. May 31, 1841. 9. Ellen-Holman, b. Feb. 
13, 1843. 

408. Son, born and died in 1805. 

[Rev. E. L. Bascom adopted a son of his sister Eunice Loveland, 
who took the name of Lysander Bascom, and m. Lucretia Tolman, of 
Concord. She died July 6, 1839, aged 33 years.] 

(367) 380. Elias Bascom, eldest son of Deacon Elias, b. at North- 
field, Mass., Feb. 27, 1762; early settled at Newport, N. H., from 
whence he removed in March, 1792, to Orwell, Vt. He mar. at New- 
port, May, 1782, Rebecca Stevens. He died at Orwell, Oct. 4, 1804, 
and she died at Whitehall, N. Y., Aug. 9, 1854, aged 90 years and 9 
months. Issue : — 

409. Roselinda, b. at Newport, N. H., May 5, 1784 ; m. Dec. 1805, 

Jonathan Murray, b. at Guilford, Ct., Jan. 27, 1781, and 
had issue :— 1. Orson-S., b. at Orwell, Vt., Sept. 23, 1806. 

2. Emeline, b. at Stockholm, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1808. 3.^Lu- 
cretia-B., b. at S., Sept. 5, 1809. 4. Rebecca-B., b. aFS., 
Sept. 15, 1811. 5. Thankful-P., b. at Orwell, Vt., May 24, 
1813. 6. Harriet-N., b. at O., Aug. 7, 1815. 7.* David, b. 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 45 

at 0., April 14, 1819. 8. Asahel, b. at 0., Nov. 23, 1821. 
9. Martin, b. at 0., Nov. 5, 1823. 10. Charles-R., b. at 
0., Aug. 28, 1826. 11. Edward-B., b. at 0., Aug. 21, 1828. 

410. Josiah, b. at Newport, N. H., March 7, 1186. 

411. Elias, b. at N., March 4, 1788; m. at Orwell, Nov., 1812, 

Polly Beckwith, and died without issue, April 1, 1813, at 
Orwell, Yt. 

412. Philomela, b. at N., April 18, 1791 ; m. Oct. 20, 1808, Levi 

Royce, of Orwell, and d. at 0., Jan. 27, 1845. He d. Dec. 
13, 1838, with issue. 

413. Lucretia, b. at Orwell, Yt., Nov. 3, 1793 ; m. Jan. 3, 1814, 

Horace Janes, and died Jan. -20, 1815, at Cornwall, Yt., 
leaving an infant daughter who died young. 

414. Edward-Stephens, b. at 0., June 29, 1798. 

415. Rebecca, b. at 0., Nov. 24, 1803 ; d. at 0., July 12, 1806. 

(367) 381. Reuben Bascom, second son of Deacon Elias, b. at North- 
field, April 22, 1763 ; settled at Newport, N. H., in 1779, and was 
afterwards a selectman ; m. 1786, Ltdia Hurd, b. at N., June 7, 1768. 
He died at Newport, April 7, 1839, and his widow died there March 
24, 1847. Issue, all born at Newport, were : — 

416. Asenath, b. May 18, 1787 ; m. Dec. 1812, Amos Noyes. He 

died in 1813, and she mar. May, 1814, Chalker Buell, and 
had Amos, Sarah, Emmons, Barber, Eunice, and Spedea. 

417. Reuben, b. April 17, 1790. 

418. Elihu, b. Nov. 21, 1792. 

419. Eunice, b. Dec. 10, 1794 ; d. at Newport, N. H., Nov. 7, 1813. 

420. Loren, b. Oct. 6, 1796 ; m. Eunice Buell, and d. at Newport, 

Feb. 25, 1826. Issue, anonly child, Lucy-Stearns, who died 
at Norwich, Yt. 

421. Elisha, b. Oct. 28, 1798. 

422. Lydia, b. Sept. 21, 1800 ; resided unmar. at Newport in 1864. 

423. Almira, b. Sept. 23, 1802 ; m. Nov. 1834, Joel Wright, and 

died at Newport, July 19, 1859. He died Oct. 9, 1869. 
Issue :— 1. Eunice-Bascom, b. June 23, 1839 ; m. April, 
1858, George-W. Cutts, and has issue. 2. Harriet, b. 
Sept. 28, 1841. 3. Benjamin-Shed, b. June, 1843 ; d. 1845. 

424. Carlos, b. Dec. 16, 1804 ; d. at Newport, Dec. 27, 1806. 

425. Caroline, b. Feb. 18, 1807 ; m. Nov. 1833, Moses Hurd, and 

removed to Springfield, Yt. Issue : — 1. Asenath-Louisa, b. 
Oct., 1834 ; m. Nov., 1856, Daniel-E. Carr, now of California. 

2. Loren-Bascom, b. Aug. 1836. 3. Caroline- Yiletta, b. 
1840 ; m. 1858, George Rockwell, of Springfield, Yt. 

426. Eliza, b. Sept. 28, 1808 ; resided at Newport in 1864, unmar. 

427. Cynthia-Philena, b. July 16, 1812 ; m. April'25, 1836, Erastus 

Hurd. He d. Sept. 11, 1842, and she m. Sept. 20, 1843, 
Simeon Whittier, of Newport. Issue : — 1. Georgiana- Au- 
gusta, b. Nov. 1, 1837. 2. Henry-Martyn, b. June 2, 1846. 

3. Mary-B., b. July 20, 1850. 4. Emma-Jane, b. Jan. 12, 
1852. 5. Edgar-Simeon, b. Oct. 24, 1855. 



46 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

(367) 385. Joseph Bascom, fourth son of Elias, b. at Northfield, 
Mass., March 30, 1768 ; m. 1795, at Hopewell, N. J., Esther Slack. 
She d. at Newport, N. H., March 30, 1813, and he m. June 5, 1814, 
at Benson, Vt., widow Lucretia Farnham, who died at Benson, Aug. 
19, 1834. He died at Benson, to which place he had removed from 
Newport in 1814, Feb. 12, 1852. He was for some time a Deacon in 
the Congregational Church of Benson, was a man of much refinement 
and well educated. Issue, all b. at Newport, N. H. : — 

428. Elias, b. Feb. 23, 1796. 

429. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 26, 1798 ; d. at Newport, March 27, 1813. 

430. Joseph, b. Feb. 22, 1800. 

431. Edmund, b. Feb. 14, 1802 ; resided in 1865 at Mishawaka, Ind. 

432. Sybel, b. Jan. 16, 1804 ; d. at Newport, March 19, 1813. 

433. Benjamin, b. Feb. 12, 1806 ; m. Oct. 14, 1833, Ursula Good- 

rich, and resides at Benson, Yt. Issue : — 1. Sarah, b. 
March, 1839. 2. Joseph, b. Oct. 1840. 3. Helen, b. Oct. 
1843. 4. Amelia, b. June, 1845. 5. William, b. Oct. 1847. 
6. Benjamin, b. March, 1849. 

434. Matilda, b. Jan. 18, 1808 ; m. Jan. 20, 1830, at Warsaw, N. Y., 

Dr. S. S. Ransom, of Burlington, Iowa. Issue : — 1. Horace- 
Bascom, b. Nov. 1834. 2. James-J., b. Aug. 1839. 3. 
Harriet-Matilda, b. June, 1842. Both sons with the father 
were, in 1863, practising physicians in Burlington. 

435. Horace, b. March 14, 1810 ; d. unmar. in New-Orleans, La., 

1840. 

436. Ira, b. April 2, 1812 ; d. at Newport, Feb. 28, 1813. 

437. Abigail, b. Oct. 11, 1816 ; m. Roger Griswold, and in 1863 

was at Vermontville, Michigan. 

(367) 386. Zeri Bascom, fifth son of Elias, b. at Northfield, Jan. 13, 
1770 ; m. Nov. 13, 1794, Mabel Murray, b. at Guilford, Ct., Aug. 7, 
1772. She d. at Ogden, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1820, and he mar. May 3, 
1822, Mrs. Anna C. Willey (maiden name Steger, b. in Germany, 
Jan. 6, 1767). He removed in boyhood with his father to Newport, 
N. H., then to Orwell, Yt., in 1793, where he resided many years. 
From here he went to Parma, now Ogden, Munroe co., N. Y., and.from 
there in 1843 to Adrian, Michigan, where he d. July 28, 1839. His 
widow died March 5, 1847. His issue, all born at Orwell, Yt., were : — 

438. Ruel-P„ b. Nov. 20, 1796. 

439. Olive, b. April 12, 1801 ; m. Sept. 23, 1819, Daniel Rathbun, 

and removed to Pittsfield, Ohio, where he d. July 23, 1834, 
leaving issue : Horace, Emeline, and Zeri. She removed to 
Michigan, and m. June 19, 1836, Elisha Pierce, bv whom 
she had a fourth child, Ruel-B., b. Sept. 8, 1839. * She d. 
at Eaton, Eaton co., Mich., April 15, 1848. 

440. Paulina, b. May 23, 1803 ; m. May 3, 1827, at Ogden, N. Y., 

Rev. Stephen Williams, and had issue : — 1. Lucy, b. April 
22, 1828 ; d. Feb. 18, 1848. 2, Stephen, b. Jan. 1832 ; d. 
Sept. 23, 1853. 3. Paulina, b. Nov. 9, 1837 j d. June 2, 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 47 

1855. 4. Charles, b. Sept. 1842 ; d. Aug. 1, 1863. She 
d. at Clarendon, Vt., April 4, 1863. 

441. George-Denison, b. March 17, 1810. 

(367) 387. Artemidorus Bascom, sixth son of Elias, b. at Northfield, 
Mass., Dec. 19, 1174, accompanied his father to Orwell, Vt. in 1792, 
where he m. March 11, 1800, Chloe Hulburd, b. Sept. 30, 1778. He 
was for many years a Deacon of the church, and a Justice of the 
Peace. He was ^earnest minded, had a strong love of justice and 
much kindliness of temper. He had a high appreciation of the im- 
portance and value of education. He died at Orwell, Aug. 26, 1841, 
and his widow died there Oct. 1, 1851. Issue, all born at Orwell, 
were : — 

442. Thankful, b. Dec. 23, 1800 ; m. Oct. 17, 1820, Horace Cobb. 

She d. Feb. 19, 1829, leaving two sons, James-B. and Wil- 
liam-H., of Kalamazoo, Mich. 

443. Elvira-Priscilla, b. March 7, 1802 ; m. March 10, 1822, Linus 

Wilcox, and d. March 15, 1831. 

444. Clorinda, b. Oct. 27, 1804 ; m. Nov. 28, 1830, Samuel How- 

ard, of Benson, Vt., who died in 1831 ; and 2d, Alonzo Saf- 
ford, of Kalamazoo, Mich. 

445. Emily, b. Aug. 21, 1806 ; m. Oct. 14, 1828, William-Riley San- 

ford, of Orwell, Vt., son of Clark and Lucinda (Bascom) 
Sanford. (See 393.) 

446. Oliver-Hulburd, b. Feb. 16, 1810 ; m. Sept. 4, 1834, Lucretia- 

Olcott Young, b. Sept. 20, 1814. He resides at Orwell, Vt. 
Issue:— 1. William-Oliver, b. May 13, 1838. 2. Henry- 
Dorus, b. July 4, 1840. 3. Helen-Lucretia, b. Aug. 25, 
1842. 4. Truman-Post, b. Sept. 11, 1853. 

447. Semanthe-Eunice, b. Dec. 18, 1811 ; m. March 17, 1840, Eev. 

H. H. Bates, now of Durham, N. Y. 

448. Dorus, b. April 18, 1814; m. Feb. 12, 1839, Elizabeth Clark, 

b. Nov. 25, 1816. He d. June 3, 1839, without issue. His 
widow m. May 23, 1842, Samuel-H. Bascom, 450. 

449. William-Franklin, b. Jan. 17, 1817 ; graduated at Middlebury 

College, Vt., in 1838; in 1839 was appointed Tutor, and held 
the position for six years. He studied law, and was admit- 
ted to the bar at Middlebury. In 1856, was a member of 
the Constitutional Convention of the State of Vermont ; was 
elected by the people for four successive years, Attorney for 
Addison county. In Feb. 1863, he removed to Washington, 
and opened for the United States Sanitary Commission its first 
Claim Agency, and Oct. 1 , 1865, was appointed General Agent 
for the " Army and Navy Claim Agency.' 7 In Sept. 1868, 
he was appointed Professor of Greek and Latin, in Howard 
University, Washington, D. C. He m. Sept. 16, 1845, Anne 
F. Strong, and has had issue : — 1. William-James, b. May 
11, 1847 ; d. Jan. 14, 1853. 2. Edith-Maud, b. Nov. 4, 1849. 
. 3. Gertrude, b. May 19, 1855. 4. Franklin, b. Dec. 23, 
1856 ; d. Aug. 14, 1857. 5. Ruth, b. April 27, 1858 ; d. 
June 12, 1859. 



48 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

450. Samuel-Hopkins, b. Feb. 27, 1819 ; m. May 23, 1842, Eliza- 

beth (Clark) Bascom (see 448), resides in Orwell, Vt., and 
has issue: — 1. Anne-Elizabeth, b. July 6, 1844. 2. Samuel- 
Jay, b. March 27, 1846. 3. Wyman-Hulburd, b. March 9, 
1848. 4. Olorinda, b. March 7, 1850 ; d. March 8, 1853. 
5. George, b. Aug. 22, 1852. 6. Robert, b. Nov. 18, 1855. 
7. Jessie, b. Nov. 3, 1857 ; d. Jan. 21, 1858. 8. Cassius- 
Clay, b. Sept. 15, 1861. 

(367) 388. Elisha Bascom, seventh son of Elias, bapt. at Northfield 
Oct. 13, 1776 (probably but a few days old) ; m. Dec. 30, 1802, Char- 
lotte Holly, of Cornwall, Vt., and settled in the easterly part of Shore- 
ham, Vt., where he resided until his death. He was an assistant 
Judge of the County Court for two years, 1822-24, and represented 
the town in the State Legislature. He inherited a clear, practical 
judgment, and was much respected in his county. His wife d. at S., 
Sept. 28, 1805, and he m. Oct. 26, 1806, Laura Bush, of Shoreham, b. 
1787. He d. Aug. 1, 1850, and she d. Aug. 7, 1859. Issue, all born at 
Shoreham, were : — 

451. Chauncey-H., b. June 19, 1804 ; moved to Boonesboro', Iowa, 

and d. about 1858. 

452. Alphonso-Bush, b. Feb. 22, 1808 ; m. Dec. 1, 1830, at Shore- 

ham, Lovicy-Patience, dau. of Parker and Lovicy Atwood. 
He resides at Shoreham. Issue : — 1. Edson-Eugene, b. at S. 
Jan. 29, 1832, for some time connected with the Northern 
Tel. Co., Boston, as clerk ; d. Nov. 18, 1857. 2. Henry- 
Alphonso, b. April 14, 1837. 3. Laura-Atwood, b. Feb. 23, 
1845. 

453. Charlotte-Marilla, b. Jan. 1, 1810; d. May 15, 1811. 

454. William-Tully, b. Aug. 10, 1812; m. Dec. 25, 1834, at Orwell, 

Emily Murray, and removed in 1838, to McConnelville, Mor- 
gan co., Ohio, where he established in the practice of law. 
Removed in 1849, to Columbus, O., as editor of the Ohio 
State Journal. In 1856, was elected clerk of the State Sen- 
ate, where he served two years. In 1858, entered the State 
Treasury as clerk of the Bank Department ; in 1859-'60, was 
private Secretary of Gov. Dermison ; then purchased the 
Xenia Torch Light, & paper published at Xenia, O., and re- 
moved to that town in 1862, where he resided until his re- 
moval to Mt. Vernon, O., in 1865. Issue were : — 1. Gustavus- 
Murray, b. at McConnelville, Sept. 21, 1840, graduated at 
Norwich (Vt. ) University in 1860 ; aide on Gen. Cox's staff; 
in 1861, appointed Assistant Adj. General with rank of Cap- 
tain ; fought at Antietam and South Mountain, and breveted 
Major in the Regular Army; in Feb. 1864, was Asst. Adj. 
General on Gen. Stoneman's staff, with rank of Lieut. Col. 2. 
Charlotte-Elizabeth, b. at M., Feb. 24, 1843. 3. Laura- 
Lurana, b. at M., April 4, 1849. 

455. Charlotte, b. April 6, 1815; m. Sept. 11, 1836, Gasca Rich, 

and d. July 18, 1837. Issue : — Romeo-Bascom, b. June 2, d. 
Aug. 5, 1837. 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 49 

456. Lattra-Lorain, b. July 11, 1817 ; m. Sept. 4, 1839, Gasca Rich, 

his second wife (see 455), and has issue : — Irving-Bascom, b. 
June 3, 1845. 

457. Ira-Griswold, b. July 25, 1821 ; m. at Shoreham, Jan. 16, 1845, 

Martha, dau. of Kitridge and Ruth Haven. She d. March 
25, 1861, aged 37 years. Issue : — 1, Frank-H., b. at S., April 
1, 1847. 2. William-T., b. at S., Oct. 9, 1858. He resides 
at Shoreham in 1870. 

458. Lucia-Ann, b. June 16, 1825 ; d. Feb. 28, 1827. 

(367) 392. Ira Bascom, youngest son of Elias, b. at Newport, N. 
H., 1783 ; graduated at Middlebury College in 1807, receiving the 
second appointment in a class containing several who have since 
reached distinction in political fields. Preceptor of Rutland county 
Grammar School, Castleton, Vt. Tutor at Middlebury College, 1810- 
11. Studied medicine and practised in Orwell, Vt., and in Granville 
and Whitehall, N. Y. He m. Patience Griswold, of Benson, Vt., and 
died at Orwell, Dec. 6, 1820. He was scholarly, gentle, winning, and 
gained the esteem and confidence of the communities where he resided. 
His widow survived him several years. Issue, an only child : — 

459. Willi am-Sebra, b. 1815 ; d. at Whitehall, unmar. 1845. 

SEVENTH GENERATION. 

(370) 397. Dorus Bascom, eldest son of Moses, b. at Greenfield, 
Sept. 15, 1784; m. Feb. 27, 1808, Esther Newton, who died May 19, 
1855, aged 69 years. He resided in 1864, in Gill, Mass. Issue, all 
born in Gill : — 

460. Asher-Newton, b. April 12, 1808 ; d. at Gill, Aug. 12, 1810. 

461. Cyrus-Spelman, b. Oct. 15, 1810; m. Oct. 23, 1838, M. P. Bal- 

lard, and has issue : — 1, Alma-Jane, b. Oct. 25, 1839. 2. 
Ella-Philena, b. Sept. 12, 1845. 3. Dorus-Amaziah, b. May 
20, 1847. His residence is Greenfield ; occupation, farmer. 

462. Jane- Wells, b. July 21, 1813 ; m. Oct. 8, 1863, Peleg Adams, 

of Greenfield. 

463. Moses-Dwight, b. May, 1817 ; d. at Gill, Oct, 9, 1827. 

464. Ezekiel-Lysander, b. April 16, 1820 ; m. at Boston, April 23, 

1850, Theresa-L., dau. of Amariah Ballard. Resided in 1865, 
at Gill, a farmer and stone-cutter. Issue : — 1. Lizzie-Marinda, 
b. May 1, 1851. 2. Frank-Newton, b. Oct. 21, 1856. 

465. Asher-Newton, b. Aug. 20, 1824, resides near Watertown, N. Y. 

466. Abner-Newton, b. March 15, 1827 ; m. Jan. 31, 1854, Eliza 

Purple, and has issue: — 1. John-Henry, b. July 11, 1858. 
He resided in 1865, at Greenfield. 

467. Martha-Ann, b. Aug. 12, 1829. 

(370) 401. Henry Bascom, second son of Moses, b. at Gill, Dec. 12, 
1793; m. May 27, 1817, Rhoda Munn, of Gill, who d. July 8, 1836. 
He resides in Gill, a farmer. Issue, all b. at Greenfield : — 
5 



50 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

468. Almira-S., b. Sept. 5, 1818 ; m. Dec. 18, 1836, Addison John- 

son, of Northfield, and had issue: — 1. Jane-E., b. Sept. 9, 
1838; m. Eli Sherwin. 2. Henry-H., b. 1840; d. 1864. 3. 
Mary-L., b. April 2, 1842 ; m. Aug. 1865, Nelson Hilliard. 
4. Maria-A., b. Nov. 8, 1843; d. Nov. 10, 1853. 5. Al- 
fred- A., b. 1845. 6. Josie-A., b. June 17, 1852. 7. Isa- 
• bella-E., b. Feb. 1853. 

469. Selima-Rhoda, b. Aug. 16, 1820 ; m. .July 21, 1853, Fordyce 

Hunter, and d. at Deerfield, Michigan, April 21, 1862. He d. 
at D., Oct. 1865. Their issue were : — 1. Minnie-D., b. Dec. 
21, 1858. 2. Mary-Bascom, b. 1861 ; d. April, 1862. 

470. Henry-P., b. July 10, 1822 ; d. Oct. 20, 1844. 

471. Lora-Ann, b. April 6, 1824 ; a teacher, at Springfield, unmar. 

472. Mary-L., b. March 19, 1826 ; m. Sept. 15, 1845, Alfred-P. 

Cobb, of Springfield, and has issue: — 1. Emmagene-R., b. 
Sept. 30, 1846. 2. Louise-P., b. Feb. 1852. 

473. Almeda-H., b. Dec. 23, 1827 ; m. Dec. 5, 1861, Rufus-K. Cald- 

well, of Northfield, and has issue : — 1. Exsie-A., b. Dec. 12, 
1867. 2. Mary-B., b. June 24, 1869. 

474. Experience-S., b. Nov. 13, 1831 ; ra. June 27, 1868, Rev. James 

Upham, D.D., and resides in 1870, at Chelsea, Mass. 

(370) 404. Elijah-Sheldon Bascom, fourth son of Moses, b. at Gill, 
Sept. 18, 1800 ; m. May 25, 1827, Chloe Newton, who d. Sept. 17, 
1838, aged 36. He m. Nov. 21, 1839, Minerva Farnsworth. Resi- 
dence in 1870, at Greenfield. Issue : — 

475. Moses-Payton, b. March 15, 1828; m. Nov. 13, 1855, Lydia 

P. Smith. She d. April 20, 1857, and he mar. Nov. 14, 
1859, Adeline L. Butler. Issue :— Caroline-C, b. March 1, 
1861. 

476. John-Adams, b. Sept. 26, 1831 ; m. April 16, 1855, Anna-M. 

Norwood, and has issue : — 1. Charles-E., b. Nov. 13, 1857. 
2. Edward-A., b. Dec. 10, 1859. 

477. Nancy-Maxim, b. Sept. 25, 1833 ; m. Nov. 29, 1859 ; d. May 30, 

1863. 

478. Anna-Chloe, b. Jan. 26, 1835. 

479. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 28, 1836 ; d. at Gill, Feb. 14, 1843. 

480. Lysander, b. July 13, 1838 ; d. Nov. 1, 1838. 

(370) 405. George- Washington Bascom, fifth son of Moses, b. at 
Gill, Jan. 20, 1803 ; m. March 3, 1831, Harriet Dryden, of Holden, 
b. April 28, 1803. He resided, in 1865, at Holden, Mass. Issue :— 

481. George, b. at Holden, May 24, 1832 ; served in the late war as 

Capt. Co. B, 51st Reg't Mass. Vols. 

482. Artemas-D., b. at H., Aug. 20, 1834. 

483. Harriet, b. at H., June 18, 1836 ; d. April 29, 1838. 

(380) 410. Josiah Bascom, eldest son of Elias, b. at Newport, N. H., 
March 7, 1786 ; m. 1809, Betsey Bottom, of Orwell, Vt. He died at 
Whitehall, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1863, his wife surviving him. Issue :— 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 51 

484. Rosalie-Adeline, b. at Orwell, Vt., Jan. 22, 1810. 

485. Oliver, b. at West-Haven, .Vt., June 13, 1815 ; m. Jan. 4, 

1842, Almira Tanner, b. at Granville, N. Y., April 3, 1822. 
Residence in 1864, at Whitehall, N. Y. Issue, all b. at 
Whitehall:— 1. Warren-Franklin, b. Oct. 7, 1844. 2. George- 
Herbert, b. Aug. 30, 1846. 3. Ma*y-Eliza, b. Feb. 26, 1849. 
4. Edward-Oliver, b. Aug. 31, 1852. 5. Mary-Emma, b. 
Sept. 13, 1854. 6. Julia, b. Sept. 22, 1858. 7. Jessie- 
Maria, b. April 9, 1861. 

486. Franklin, b. at West-Haven, Vt., May 31, 1817 ; in 1864, in 

California. 

(380) 414. Edward-Stephens Bascom, youngest son of Elias, b. at 
Orwell, Vt., June 29, 1798 ; m. at Fairhaven, Vt., Sept. 28, 1828, 
Mary M. Guilford. She died in Michigan, March 26, 1841, and he 
mar. at Fairhaven, Oct. 20, 1841, Amy L. Guilford. Residence in 
1864, at Whitehall, N. Y. Issue :— 

487. Rollin-Eugene, b. at West-Haven, Vt., Sept. 15, 1830 ; m. 

June 30, 1853, at Whitehall, N. Y., Amanda-M. Walker, 
and has issue : — Ella, b. at W., May 12, 1857. 

(381) 417. Reuben Bascom, eldest son of Reuben, b. at Newport, 
N. H., April 17, 1790 ; m. Sept. 1, 1819, Philomela Chapin, b. May 1, 
1792, dau. of Daniel and Joanna Chapin. She d. Jan. 29, 1824. He 
m. May 16, 1826, Elizabeth Chapin, b. Jan. 8, 1788, dau. of Phineas 
and Mary. She d. Nov. 3, 1855, and he 'died suddenly at Newport, 
Feb. 25, 1870. His father was for many years the only finisher of 
home-made cloth for some miles around, and he learned the work of 
both farm and shop. After his marriage he established as a clothier 
at Shoreham, Vt., but soon returned to Newport, and in 1826 settled 
upon the farm where he passed the rest of his days. Without pos- 
sessing a strong physical organization, he was, almost to the last, in 
the enjoyment of good health. Like the large proportion of his race he 
was a devoted Congregationalist. A former pastor writes of him, 
"he was always regarded by me as one -of the ' Israelites indeed ' 
in the Church. I expected to find him on the right side of all the 
questions that might temporarily divide the church. Well do I re- 
member his prayers, not lacking in fervor, soundly evangelical, and 
enriched by apt scriptural quotations." Respected and esteemed 
through a long life of service in his own community, his death was 
deeply deplored. Issue were : — 

488. Carlos-Lyman, b. at Shoreham, Vt., July 2, 1820 ; m. Emily San- 

born, of Knoxville, 111. Residence in 1864, Rock Island, 
111. Issue :— 1. Mary-A., b. Aug. 9, 1848. 2. Emily, b. 
Dec. 9, 1849. 3. Henry, b. July 31, 1853. 4. Frank. 

489. Henry-Martyn, b. at Shoreham, Vt., Sept. 24, 1821 ; d. at Gene- 

see, 111., Nov. 23, 1842. 

490. Philomela-Chapin, b. at Newport, N. H., Sept. 1, 1823 ; m. 

Nov. 25, 1851, Rev. Glen Wood, of Chicago, 111., and died 
May 6, 1866. 



52 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

491. Eltzabeth-Chapin, b. July 19, 1828. 

492. William, b. Dec. 24, 1830. 

493. Mary-Lauretta, b. Sept. 9, 1833. 

(381) 418. Elihu Bascom, second son of Reuben, b. at Newport, 
N. II., Nov. 21, 1792 ; m. Hannah Tenney, and d. at Newport, Sept. 2, 
1861. Issue : — 

494. Ruel-G-., b. March 14, 1827 ; m. Sophia Kempton, and has 

issue: — 1. Emma-Jane, b. Feb. 28, 1848. 2. Ada-Sophia, 
d. Jan. 21, 1866. 3. Ruel-Leucell. 4. Frederic-Eugene, 
d. Jan. 10, 1863. 5. Charles-Kempton, b. June 10, 1862. 

495. Elias-Clay, b. May 10, 1.829 ; d. Aug. 4, 1832. 

496. Margaret-Ellen, b. Feb. 5, 1831 ; m. July 18, 1858, Nelson 

Chase, of Newport, N. H., and has issue: — 1. Clement- 
Bascom, b. July 14, 1860. 2. Margaret-Ellen, b. July 2, 
1866. 

497. Elias-Bush, b. Jan. 7, 1833 ; m. March 7, 1855, Mary Rogers. 

He enlisted in the 5th Iowa Reg't Vols., June, 1861, com- 
missioned 2d Lieut. Feb. 1, 1862, 1st Lieut. May 1, 1862. 
Promoted to rank of Captain, taken at Chattanooga, and 
confined in Libby Prison. Resident of Lansing, Iowa. 
Issue: — 1. Mary - Imogene, b. Sept. 3, 1856. 2. Alice- 
Jane, d. 1862. 3. Alice, b. March 23, 1866. 4. Ada, b. 
Jan. 1870. 

498. Horace-Sanford, b. Sept. 25, 1834 ; in 1864 one of the N. H. 

Sharpshooters. • 

499. Alice, b. Sept. 29, 1837 ; m. Aug. 22, 1859, Benj. F. Carr, of 

Newport, N. II. Issue: — 1. Fred-Porter, b. June 15, 1861. 

2. Nellie, b. Oct. 16, 1863. 

500. Harriet, b. Jan. 9, 1841; m. June 1, 1861, Moses Hoyt, of 

Windsor, Yt. ; issue, Frank-Elwin, b. April 21, 1863. 

(381) 421. Elisha Bascom, fourth son of Reuben, b. at Newport, 
N. H., Oct. 28, 1798 ; m. Aug. 2, 1822, Temperance Tenney, b. July 
20, 1802. He d. Sept. 21, 1866, at Claremont, N. H. Issue :— 

501. Catherine, b. Nov. 18, 1823 ; m. Sept. 1848, Hubbard Cooper, 

of Croydon, N. H., and d. April, 1868. Issue : — 1. Ada-Lois, 
b. Feb. 9, 1851. 2. Etta-Earle, b. May, 1858, died 1859. 

3. Betha-Marion, b. June 11, 1863. 

502. Martin, b. Aug. 13, 1826 ; m. Sept. 1851, Lovina Pike ; resided 

in 1865, at Langdon, N. H. Issue: — 1. Imogene, b. 
Aug. 17, 1853. 2. Flora-May, b. Sept. 1857. 3. Edgar- 
Martin, b. March, 1859. 4. James- Wallace, b. Oct. 3, 1863. 

503. Ellen, b. Oct. 16, 1828 ; d. July 19, 1830. 

504. Wallace, b. Jan. 29, 1831 ; m. Jan. 1853, Ellen Kelsey. He 

enlisted in Co. A, 2d Mass. Reg't Vols., and was shot 
through the heart at the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. 
His residence was at Lowell, Mass. After his death Mrs. 
Bascom removed to Nashua, N. H. Issue : — 1. Charles- 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 53 

Wallace, b. 1854. 2. Kate-Isabel. 3. Frederic, b. Dec. 
1860. 4. Emrna-Kelsey, b. July, 1862. 

505. Ellen, b. Oct. 5, 1833; m. Dec. 13, 1853, Jam.es-S. Brown, 

at Croydon, N. H. Issue : — 1. Frank-Dana, b. Jan. 8, 1859. 
2. Herbert-Eugene. 

506. Marion, b. Feb. 18, 1837 ; d. Oct. 1, 1865, unmarried. 

507. Abby, b. Feb. 11, 1839 ; m. April 18, 1861, Leonard-T. Moody, 

of Newport, N. H. Issue : — Wallace-Elmont, b. Oct. 3, 
1863. 

508. James-P., b. March 30, 1841 ; enlisted in the 9th Reg't N. H. 

Vols., and d. at Falmouth, Va., Dec. 25, 1862. 

509. Henry, b. June 2, 1843. 

510. Emma, b. June 23, 1846 ; d..Oct. 17, 1865, unmarried. 

(385) 428. Elias Bascom, eldest son of Joseph, b. at Newport, N.H., 
Feb. 23, 1796 ; m. Lucy Hinman, June 30, 1824, at Castleton, Vt., 
and removed the same year to Warsaw, Wyoming co., N. Y., where 
he resided until 1848, and then removed to Lansing, Michigan, where 
he d. Aug. 22, 1849. His widow in 1866 resided at Burlington, Iowa. 
Issue, all b. at Warsaw : — 

511. James-Adams, b. Aug. 17, 1825 ; m. at Lansing, Mich., Nov. 

1851, Mrs. Nancy Carter. She d. Jan. 30, 1854, and he 
ra. May 19, 1857, Helen D. Welts, of Howell, Mich. For 
some time during the late war, he was connected with the 
Quarter Master's Department of the Union army. 

512. Caroline-.Elizabeth, b. April 9, 1827 ; m. July 29, 1851, Horace- 

S. Roberts, of Detroit, Col. of 1st Reg't Mich. Vols., killed 
at the second battle of Bull Run, Aug. 30, 1862. 
313. Lucy-Jane, b. May 1, 1829; m. April 13, 1858, George C. 
Lanman, of Burlington, Iowa. 

514. Elias-Rollin, b. March 21, 1831 ; m. Jan. 15, 1855, Frances 

Smith, at Howell, Mich., where he resided in 1865. Issue, 
Caroline-M., b. March 4, 1858. 

515. Anson- Hin t man, b. Sept. 23, 1833 ; removed to California. 

516. Lemuel-Haynes, b. Aug. 3, 1837 ; d. at Lansing, Aug. 28, 1849. 

517. Horace-Kay, b. Sept. 9, 1839; d. at Lansing, Dec. 21, 1848. 

518. Marie-Louise, b. April 8, 1842 ; in 1865, a teacher in the 

Female College at Lansing. 

(385) 430. Joseph Bascom, second son of Joseph, b. at Newport, 
N. H , Feb. 22, 1800; m. Sept. 1820, Naomi, dau. of Wilson White, 
of Granville, N. Y. She was b. April 2, 1800, and d. Nov. 26, 1822 
(see John White's Descend, p. 200). He m. 2d, 1823, Matilda No- 
bles, b. May 2, 1778, and d. Jan. 15, 1826. He m. 3d, Sarah Van- 
horn, b. July 19, 1807, and d. April 8, 1833 ; and 4th, in Sept. 1833, 
Nancy Thompson, b. Feb. 8, 1805. His residence is Uxbridge, Cana- 
da West. Issue : — 

519. Harriet-Naomi, b. Nov. 26, 1820 ; m. Willice Warner, and 

resides at Vermontville, Eaton co., Mich. 

520. Chaples-Joseph, b. Feb. 26, 1824 ; m. at Uxbridge, Canada 

5* 



54 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

West, Jan. 20, 1845, Sophia Hevener, and has issue : — .1. 
William-Henry, b. Sept. 20, 1846. 2. Harriet, b. March 14, 
1848, d. in infancy. 3. Nancy, b. Aug. 4, 1849. 4. Aman- 
da, b. May 3, 1852. 5. Matilda, b. Oct. IT, 1856. 6. Jo- 
seph, b. Nov. 5, 1858. T. Mary-Elizabeth, b. April 19, 1861. 

521. William-Henry, b. Oct. 6, 1825 ; unmarried in 1866. 

522. Horace, b. at Duffin's Creek, co. York, Canada, April 24, 1829; 

m. March 25, 1852, Harriet Vanluven, and d. Dec. 1, 1854. 
His residence is Uxbridge, Canada. Issue, two daus. 

523. John, b. at Duffin's Creek, Feb. 23, 1831 ; m. Sept. 1852, 

Amelia Anderson, and resided in 1866 at Uxbridge, Canada. 
Issue : Martha, Benjamin, Eliza, Horace. 

524. Sarah, b. at Duffin's Creek, April 3, 1833. 

525. Elisha, b. at Duffin's Creek, Oct. 27, 1834 ; m. at Prince Al- 

bert, co. Ontario, Canada, Jan. 11, 1860, and had issue: — 
1. Mary-Ella, b. July 14, 1861 ; d. Nov. 15, 1861. 2. Fran- 
cis-Edward, b. Dec. 1, 1863 ; d. April 8, 1864. 

526. Nancy, b. at Uxbridge, Canada West, June 26, 1836. 

527. Joseph, b. at U., Feb. 23, 1838 ; physician of Uxbridge in 

1810 ; m. April 30, 1863, at Montreal, Anna-Mills Workman. 

528. Matilda, b. at Uxbridge, Nov. 11, 1839 ; d. 1858, at Green- 

wood, Ontario co., Canada. 

529. Elizabeth, b. atU., Aug. 16, 1841 ; d. Oct. 14, 1858, at Har- 

vard, Illinois. 

530. Mary, b. at U., June 12, 1843. 

531. Benjamin, b. at U., March 24, 1845 ; d. May 2, 1848. 

532. Emily, b. at U., Feb. 16, 1847. 

533. Oliver, b. at U., Feb. 18, 1849. 

534. Caroline, b. at U., Aug. 1, 1851. 

(386) 438. Ruel-P. Bascom, eldest son of Zeri, b. at Orwell, Vt., 
Nov. 20, 1796 ; m. Oct. 14, 1821, Electa, dau. of Charles and Julia Post, 
of Durham, Green co., N. Y. She d. Nov.. 13, 1830, and he m. Nov. 
13, 1831, Emma Moss, of Durham. She was b. March 23, 1799, and 
d. Oct. 19, 1855. He resided at Ogden and Durham, N. Y. Issue : — 

535. Euphemle, b. at Ogden, Jan. 20, 1823. 

536. Melinda, b. at O., March 8, 1825 ; d. Aug. 2, 1853. 

537. Newel-P., b. at O., July 14, 1827. 

538. Charles-R., b. at Durham, Sept. 27, 1830. 

539. Romain, b. at D., Oct. 22, 1832. 

540. William, b. at D., July 26, 1834. 

541. J.-Bissell, b. at D., May 3, 1836. 

542. Clarissa, b. at D., Oct. 19, 1837 ; m. Sept. 4, 1861, Jesse 

Scovill. 

543. Electa, b. at D., Oct. 14, 1840. 

(386) 441. George-Denison Bascom, youngest son of Zeri, b. at 
Orwell, Vt., March 17, 1810 ; m. May 1, 1836, Sarah S. Taylor, b. 
at Williston, Vt., Jan. 10, 1814. He resided in 1866 at Rome Cen- 
tre, Michigan. Issue : — 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 55 

544. Lucretia, b. March 18, 1837. 

545. Harriet, b. Nov. 14, 1839. 

546. Julia, b. Oct. 5, 1841. 

547. George, b. Sept. 29, 1843. 

548. Lucy, b. Sept. 15, 1845. 

549. Mary-Jane, b. Jan. 21, 1848. 

550. Ruel-Murray, b. Oct. 6, 1850 ; d. Jan. 1, 1854. 



PART IV. 



FOURTH GENERATION. 

(6) 17. Jonathan Bascom, fifth son of Thomas Bascom, 3d, was b. 
at Northampton in 1706 ; m. May 5, 1736, Mindwell King. He was 
one of the original petitioners for the formation of the new township 
of Southampton, and was one of its earliest settlers. His house stood 
on the lot afterwards owned by Perez Clap, and was fortified against 
the attacks of the Indians, who were at that time extremely hostile 
to the settlers in the Connecticut valley. He died at Southampton, 
April 20, 1780, and his widow d. at S., April 4, 1794, aged 89 years.* 
Issue were : — 

551. Jonathan, b. (bapt. May 8) at Southampton, 1737. 

552. Elisha, b. at S. 1739. 

553. Rachel, m. Timothy Clapp, and had two daughters, Mindwell, 

and Rachel, who left numerous descendants. She d. June, 
1786. 

554. Paul, b. (bapt. Nov. (?) 10), at S. 1745, who probably died 

young. 

FIFTH GENERATION. 

(17) 551. Jonathan Bascom, eldest son of the elder Jonathan, 
b. at Southampton in 1737 (about May 1), m. (pub. Feb. 28), 

* Their grave-stone is to be seen in the grave-yard at Southampton, bearing this 
inscription : — 

In memory of 

Mr. Jona. Bascom 

who died 20th April 

i780in the 75th 

year of his Age. 

And Mrs. Mindwell 

his wife who died 4th 

April 1794 in the 90th 

year of her Age. 

Edwards's History of Southampton fixes the date of her death April 4, 1789, evidently 
an error* 



56 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

1761, Freedom Clarke, dau. of Jonathan, of S. She died after 1*113, 
and he mar. (pub. Aug. 10), 1176, Esther Williams, and either soon 
before or soon after this marriage removed to Norwich, Mass. (now 
Huntington), and from there, some years later, to the State of New 
York, tradition says to its " western part," and died about 1804. 
Births of two only, and baptisms of three more of his children, all by 
the first wife, are recorded in Southampton. Norwich records con- 
tain no entries of his family, and all attempts to trace him to New 
York have been futile. Accounts concerning his issue differ material- 
ly. It is believed that the following is correct : — • 

555. Jonathan, b. May 31, bapt. same day, .1767, said to have died 

in Pennsylvania. 

556. Alpheus, b. April 10, bapt. April 29, 1770. 

557. \ Paul, bapt. June 30, 1771, ) x-_ \ probably d. young. 

558. \ Silas, " " " \ tWinS ' \ 

559. Sylvanus, bapt. Nov. 7, 1773 ; said to have gone to the W. I., 

accumulated much wealth, and died there without issue. 

560. Elizabeth, m. a Shipman, and was living in 1839 near Niagara, 

Canada. 

561. Calvin. 

And perhaps others. 

(17) 552. Elisha Bascom, second son of Jonathan, b. at Southamp- 
ton, in 1739 ; m. (pub.. April 10) 1772, Lucy, dau. of Israel and Naomi 
Sheldon, of S. He lived at Southampton, and enlisted from there in 
the Revolutionary war, as a lieutenant of volunteers. He died at 
Ticonderoga, N. Y., in the service, Sept. 18, 1776. His widow long 
survived him, and died at Southampton, March 15, 1810. Issue : — 

562. Irene, b. Feb. 15, 1763 ; m. May, 1782, Nathan Parks, of West- 

field, and 2d, in Dec. 1803, Isaac Pomeroy, of Southampton. 

563. King, b. May 28, 1765. 

564. Elisha, b. May 19, 1769. 

565. Lucy, b. Dec. 11, 1771 ; m. June, 1789, Moses Hatch, of S. 

He d. July, 1825, and she m. Moses Bundy. A dau. Emily 
Hatch, mar. Nov. 2, 1830, Daniel Collins, Jr., and d. Dec. 
20, 1831 ; issue one dau. Emily, who was b. Dec. 7, 1831. 
(See No. 601.) 

566. Asenath, b. Nov. 6, 1773 ; m. July, 1792, Artemas Loomis, 

ofS. 

567. Naomi, b. Dec. 10, 1775 ; m. Nov. 1796, Moses Bundy, and 

d. at Montgomery in 1828. 

SIXTH GENERATION. 

(551) 556. Alpheus Bascom, second son of Jonathan, Jr., b. at 
Southampton, April 10, 1770, early settled at Hancock, Delaware co., 
N. Y., removed in 1808 to Little Valley, N. Y.,then in 1812 to Mays- 
ville, Ky., and the same year across the river into Ohio (Brown co.), 
where he died in 1833. He m. about 1791, Hannah, dau. of George 
and Rosanna (Bidleman) Houk. She d. Sept, I, 1815, aged 42 years, 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 57 

and he m. in 1816, Rachel Ellis. She d. in 1818, and he m. in 1819, 
Cassandra Cruett. He died in the winter of 1833, and his widow sur- 
vived him until the year 1842. Issue : — 

568. Elizabeth-Shipman, d. unmar. in 1849, at Independence, Mo. 

569. Henry-Bidleman, b. at Hancock, N. Y., May 27, 1196. 

570. Francis-Asbury, d. in 1798. 

571. Clara, m. Richard Brown, and had two daus : — 1. Hannah, 

who m. Wm. Bell, of Pittsburgh, Pa. ; and 2. Margaret, 
who m. Hon. Jno. Ewing, Washington, Pa. 

572. Sylv anus-Clark, b. 

573. Stephen-Hazleton, d. in 1805. 

574. George-W., b. July 1, 1804. 

575. Alpheus- Washington, b. at Hancock, N. Y., June 30, 1806. 

576. Hiram-Baxter. 

577. Lewis-Hazelton, b. at Hamilton, N. Y., Aug. 13, 181.1. 

578. John-Ellis, b. in Brown co., Ohio, April 7, 1818. 

579. James-Carter, b. in Brown co., Ohio, Oct. 15, 1821. 

580. Hannah-Houk, b. in B. co., May 1, 1825 ; m. F. W. Capers, 

of South Carolina. 

581. Samuel-Parker, b. in B. co., Aug. 27 ; 1827. 

(551) 558. Silas Bascom, son of Jonathan, Jr., bapt. June 30, 1771 
(b. June 29, 1772?) at Southampton; m. April 19, 1801, Betsey 
Hatch, b. Dec. 5, 1781. He settled at Skaneateles, N. Y., and removed 
to Ma'rcellus, N. Y., where he d. April 5, 1826. His wife died at 
Marcellus, Nov. 2, 1822. Issue, mostly b. at Skaneateles : — 

582. Ansel, b. Jan. 1, 1802. 

583. Denison, b. at Marcellus, N. Y., July 25, 1805. 

584. Betsey, b. June 10, 1812 ; m. Carleton W. Seely. 

585. Charles, b. Nov. 16, 1815 ; d. Oct. 5, 1838. 

586. George, b. Oct. 11, 1817 ; d. May 8, 1838. 

587. Norman, b. Oct. 14, 1819. 

588. Frances, b. Oct. 15, 1822 ; m. Melzar Edwards, of Nashville, 

Tennessee. 

(551) 561. Calvin Bascom, son of Jonathan, Jr. ; m. Mary Rich- 
ardson, and settled at Seneca Falls, N. Y. He died at Brighton, 
Monroe co., N. Y., March 22, 1826. His widow d. at Rochester, 
N. Y., Feb. 25, 1859. Issue :— 

589. Jane-O., b. March 9, 1808 ; m. May 22, 1837, William Luther, 

and resided in 1866 at Ophar, Nevada. 

590. Esther-A., b. Jan. 11, 1811 ; m. Wells Farr, and in 1866 re- 

sided in Minnesota. 

591. William-R., b. at Seneca Falls, July 7, 1813. 

592. Elizabeth, b. May 8, 1819; m. Dec. 20, 1849, William-E. 

Hassan, and resides in 1870 at Rochester, N. Y. 

593. Freedom, b. March 15, 1824 ; m. Oct. 21, 1847, John W. Smith, 

and resided in 1866 at Rochester. 



58 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 



(552) 563. King Bascom, eldest son of Elisha, b. at Southampton, 
May 28, 1165 ; m. Nov. 2, 1796, Mary, dau. of Oliver and Mary 
Clark, b. April 6, 1771. He resided always at Southampton, and 
there died, Dec. 4, 1827, his widow surviving him until Sept. 22, 1845. 
Their issue, all b. at S. : — 

594. Henry-Lawrens, b. Aug. 20, 1797. 

595. Armena, b. March 27, 1799 ; m. May 29, 1827, Rev. Abner P. 

Clark, of Preble, N. Y., who d. at Augusta, N. Y., Feb. 6, 
1835. She m. Nov. 25, 1836, Joel Danforth, of Otis co., 
N. Y., who d. Aug. 1, 1854. She m. Sept. 1, 1855, Rev. 
Lemuel Dada, of Fulton, N. Y. He d. March, 1862. Her 
issue were : — 1. Ann-Edwards, b. Sept. 9, 1831. 2. Mary- 
Bascom, b. Nov. 17, 1832 ; d. July 24, 1835. 

596. Sheldon-King, b. Feb. 24, 1801. 

597. Jonathan-Dayton, b. March 6, 1804. 

598. Mary, b. Nov. 15, 1805 ; m. Feb. 20, 1828, Luther Bartlett, 

of Hartford, Ct. Issue: — 1. Henry-La wrens, b. Sept. 21, 
1829. 2. Edwin-Silas, b. Dec. 16, 1831. 3. Sarah-Jane, 
b. Aug. 5, 1833. 4. Mary- Ann, b. Oct. 2, 1835. 5. Mary- 
Ann, b. Sept. 4, 1837. 6. Henry-Luther, b. Aug. 2, 1839. 
7. Fannie-Kelly, b. March 7, 1841. 8. Charles-Burleigh, b. 
March 18, 1843. 9. Mary-Louisa, b. Jan. 13, 1849. 

599. Silas, b. Jan. 8, 1808. 

600. Sarah, b. Sept. 10, 1809 ; d. at Southampton, Sept. 10, 1810. 

601. Sarah, b. Aug. 14, 1811 ; m. May 22, 1833, Daniel Collins, Jr., 

of Chester, in 1865 of Boston, and has issue : — 1. George- 
Egbert, b. June 19, 1834. 2. William-Morris, b. Dec. 13, 
1835. 3. Sarah-Ellen, b. Feb. 8, 1842. 

(552) 564. Elisha Bascom, second son of Elisha, b. at Southampton, 
May 19, 1769 ; m. May 9, 1792, Abigail-Kay Hulbert. He d. at S., 
July 13, 1840, and she d. at S., Oct. 1, 1849, aged 75 years. Issue, 
all b. at S. :— 

602. Theodore, b. March 16, 1794 ; d. at Southampton, Jan. 22, 1798. 

603. Gilbert, b. Jan. 10, 1796. 

604. Theodore, b. March 14, 1798. 

605. Fanny, b. Sept. 11, 1800 ; d. at Southampton, Jan. 21, 1801. 

606. Fanny, b. Feb. 12, 1802 ; m. 1824, Edmund Searl. 

607. Lucy, b. April 26, 1804 ; m. Ripley Torrey. 

608. Abigail, b. April 26, 1806 ; m. Nov. 16, 1823, Edmund Ed- 

wards. He d. Nov. 2, 1825, and she m. Nov. 27, 1828, 
Ansel Searl, and d. at S. June 23, 1861. Issue : — 

609. Elisha-Hulbert, b. July 25, 1812. 



SEVENTH GENERATION. 

(556) 569. Henry-Bidleman Bascom, eldest son of Alpheus, b. at 
Hancock, N. Y., May 27, 1796 ; when in his sixteenth year, having 
attached himself to the Methodist Church, he formed an alliance with 
an itinerant preacher of that denomination, for the purpose of a sum- 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 59 

nier tour of exhortation. To supply themselves with the necessary 
means they diligently worked during the intervals of their travel in 
the construction of pumps and aqueducts, the companion of youug 
Bascom being a mechanic by trade. At the end of the season he 
returned to his father's house with a reputation already established 
for earnest, sincere piety, and for extraordinary powers in the prayer 
and exhortation meetings of his church. A year later, in 1812, he 
travelled seventy or eighty miles to attend the General Conference of 
the Methodist Church at Chillicothe, meeting there many of the lead- 
ing preachers of the day. , In 1813 he was licensed to preach, and 
entered immediately on what proved to be a life of toil and privation 
in his chosen work. Tn 1818 he took elder's orders, and settled at 
Louisville, Kentucky. In 1823, after repeated changes in his location, 
he was elected Chaplain to the House of Representatives at Wash- 
ington. In June, 1827, he was elected President of Madison College, 
then just established at Uniontown, Pa., a position which he occupied 
for a little less than three years, leaving it to accept the general agency 
of the American Colonization Society. In 1832, he was elected to a 
professorship in Augusta College, and retained his connection with 
that institution for a period of ten years. In 1837, he received the 
honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity, and in 1845 that of LL.D. 
In 1842 he removed to Lexington, Ky., and assumed the presidency 
of Transylvania University. This he resigned in 1849, and the year 
after was elected and consecrated Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, South. Providence, however, decreed that his earthly work 
was over, and on the 8th of September of that year, having presided as 
Bishop but at one Conference, he passed to his reward. 

Bishop Bascom was a man of remarkable powers. Without early 
education, influence or personal ambition, by a mental activity that 
found no rest till the secrets of science and theology had been mas- 
tered, by natural oratorical ability of a most startling and persuasive 
description, and by a piety as earnest and sincere as it was abiding, 
he attained a reputation as a scholar, preacher and Christian almost 
unrivalled in his generation. 

He m. at New York city, March 7, 1839, Miss E. Van Antwerp, 
and died at Louisville, Kentucky, Sept. 8, 1850, leaving issue : — 

610. A daughter, b. May, 1841. 

611a. Henry, b. Feb. 10, 1842. 

611b. Louis-Reece, died Jan. 5, 1846. 

(556) 572. Sylvanus-Clark Bascom, third son of Alpheus ; m. May 
10, 1835, Mary-N., dau. of Col. Thomas-Dye Owings, of Owingsville, 
Ky. He d. at 0., Jan. 21, 1844, and his widow died Dec. 15, 1865. 
Issue : — 

612. George-N.-O., b. April 24, 1836; entered Military Academy, 
at West Point, July 1, 1853, graduated July 1, 1858, en- 
tered 9th Reg't U. S. Inf. the same date as Brevet Second 
. Lieut., promoted to Captaincy 16th U. S., and killed while 
in active duty at Fort Craig, battle of Valverde, New Mexi- 
co, Feb. 21, 1862. 



60 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

613. Thomas-Dye, b. May 28, 1838 ; d. in infancy. 

614. Maria-Charcilla-Owings, b. March 1, 1839. 

615. Alpheus- Washington, b. May 16, 1840 ; resides at Owings- 

ville, Ky. 

616. Henry-Kelly, b. Feb. 25, 1842 ; d. in infancy. 

617. Sylvanus-Clark, b. Jan. 23, 1843. 

618. John-Richards, b. Aug. 13, 1844. 

(556) 574. George-W. Bascom, fifth son of Alpheus, b. July 1, 
1804 ; m. 1821, Sarah Scott, of Brown co., Ohio, and resided in 1866 
at Rockville, Park co., Ind. Issue : — ■ 

619. Hannah-Jane, b. March 8, 1822; died 1856. 

620. Elizabeth-E., b. May 20, 1824 ; died 1850. 

621. Henry-B., b. Aug. 29, 1826. 

622. Sarah-A., b. Feb. 18, 1829. 

623. Sylvanus-Clark, b. May 15, 1831. 

624. Nancy, b. Dec. 24, 1833. 

625. GeorgeH., b. March 4, 1836. 

626. Margaret-C, b. Sept. 20, 1839 ; d. 1848. 

627. John-Alpheus, b. Dec. 13, 1842 ; d. 1864. 

(556) 575. Alpheus- Washington Bascom, sixth son of Alpheus, b. 
at Hancock, N. Y., June 30, 1806 ; m. Oct. 25, 1826, Martha-An- 
drews Lilleston, and settled at Maysville, Ky. She d. Oct. 5, 1838, 
and he m. July 22, 1840, Emily Johnston. He d. at Maysville, Ky., 
April 22, 1845. His widow m. Samuel Pearce. Issue : — 

628. Hiram-Sebastian, b. at Maysville, Aug. 27, 1827 ; d. Nov. 14, 

1836. 

629. Alpheus-Clarke, b. at M., Nov. 21, 1829; d. Aug. 10, 1834. 
1)30. James-Henry, b. at M., Nov. 10, 1841, resides at Greensburg, 

Kentucky. 

631. Harriet-Alphea, b. at M., May 28, 1845. 

(556) 576. Hiram-Baxter Bascom, seventh son of Alpheus, was 
twice married, and d. at St. Louis, Mo., April 19, 1843, leaving two 
daughters. 

(556) 577. Lewis-Hazelton Bascom, eighth son of Alpheus, b. at 
Hamilton, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1811 ; educated for the medical profession 
at Augusta, Ky., removed to California in 1849, and in 1864-5 was 
a practising physician at San Jose, Cal. He m. April 9, 1833, Ann- 
Maria, b. Jan 21, 1816, dau. of Oapt. George Rucker, of Shelby co., 
Kentucky. Issue : — 

632. Laura-Virginia, b. July 7, 1834. 

633. Henrianna, b. Oct. 18, 1835. 

634. Alpheus-Legrand, b. Jan. 28, 1838. 

635. Ann-Elizabeth, b. Sept. 13, 1840. 

636. Eudora- Virginia, b. Nov. 8, 1842. 

637. Ray, b. May 3, 1845. 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 61 

638. Eva-Hester, b. Feb. 22, 1848. 

639. Louis-Somerville, b. Feb. 22, 1852. 

640. George-DeWitton, b. June 27, 1854. 

641. Oscar-Lander, b. Jan. 20, 1858. 

642. Frank-Redman, b. May 2, 1860. 

(556) 578. John-Ellis Bascom, ninth son of Alpheus, b. in Brown 
co., Ohio, April 7, 1818 ; m. Nov. 1, 1844, Osee-T. Chism, and settled 
at Lexington, Mo., but removed during the Rebellion to Greencastle, 
Ind. His issue are : — 

643. Elie-C, b. July 28, 1845. 

644. John-Lewis, b. Aug. 3, 1849. 

645. Henry-B., b. June 10, 1852. 

646. Gertrude, b. Oct. 3, 1854 ; d. June 3, 1856. 

(556) 579. James-Carter Bascom, tenth son of Alpheus, b. in Brown 
co., Ohio, Oct. 15, 1821 ; settled in Washington co., Ky., and mar. 
May, 1845, Fanny-M., dau. of John-R. Jones, of Washington co. He 
afterwards removed to McLean, McLean co., 111., where he resided in 
1865, a practising physician. Issue : — 

647. Mary-Eliza, m. Dr. Henry-Bascom Bishop, of Bloomfield, Ky. 

648. Julia-Hannah. 

649. Alpheus- Wilson. 

650. Margaret-Josephine. 

651. Martha-Minor. 

652. Lon-Grace. 

(556) 581. Samuel-Parker Bascom, eleventh son of Alpheus, b. in 
Brown co., Ohio, Aug. 27, 1827 ; m. Dec. 17, 1850, Letitia Dinwiddie, 
and settled in Lafayette co., Mo. Residence in 1866, at Dover, La- 
fayette co., Mo. Issue : — 

653. John, b. at Lexington, Mo., Sept. 30, 1851. 

654. Walker, b. in Lafayette co., Oct. 22, 1852. 

655. Cassandra, b. in L. co., Sept. 26, 1854. 

656. Isabella, b. in L. co., May 25, 1856. 

657. Jennie, b. June 14, 1858. 

658. Frank-D., b. in L. co., May 16, 1860. 

659. Lee, b. in L. co., March 10, 1863. 

660. Samuel, b. in L. co., Jan. 19, 1865. 

(558) 582. Ansel Bascom, eldest son of Silas, b. at Skaneateles, 
N. Y., Jan. 1, 1802 ; studied law, and was admitted to the Onondaga 
co. Bar about 1826, soon after which he removed to Seneca Falls, 
and commenced the practice of his profession. In 1846, he was 
elected a Delegate to the Convention for the revision of the State 
Constitution, and in 1847 was elected to the Legislature. The fol- 
lowing year he was candidate for Congress on the " Free Soil " ticket. 
He mar. Sept. 6, 1827, Eliza, dau. of Isaac Sherwood, of Auburn, 
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62 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

N. Y., and after her death again mar. Aug. 3, 1850, Jane Nichols. 
He died much lamented at Seneca Falls, Aug. 30, 1862. Issue : — 

661. Isaac-Sherwood, b. Jan. 15, 1831 ; d. May 20, 1835. 

662. Mary-Sherwood, b. Oct. 14, 1835 ; m. Edwin-W. Bull, and 

has issue a daughter, Mary-S., b. Dec. 9, 1863. 

663. Eliza-Sherwood, b. Aug. 16, 1831 ; m. Sept. 12, 1866, Francis- 

TV". Bacon, of Waterloo, N. Y., and has issue, a daughter, 
Mina-F., b. Dec. 12, 1869. 

664. Minerva-S., b. Oct. 15, 1843. 

665. Henry, b. June 7, 1845 ; d. Feb. 3, 1846. 

666. Jennie-N., b. March 3, 1853. 

667. George-Spencer, b. Aug. 28, 1856; d. Jan. 5, 1869. 

668. Caroline-C., b. Jan. 16, 1858. 

(558) 583. Denison Bascom, second son of Silas, b. at Marcellus, 
N. Y., July 25, 1805; m. Feb. 9, 182*7, Lydia Smith, and resides in 
1865 at Steuben, Huron co., Ohio. Issue : — 

669. Alfred, b. Feb. 9, 1830 ; m. Lucina Bliss, and has issue : — 

1. William, b. March 1, 1856. 2. Jonathan, b. Feb. 9, 1861. 

670. Ansel-E., b. June 6, 1832; m. Emily Terwileger, and has 

issue:— Ellen-M., b. July, 1863. 

671. Austin-S., b. July 29, 1834 ; m. Elizabeth Myers, and has 

issue :— Welby-B., b. March 2, 1863. 

672. Ellen-A., b. May 30, 1844. 

673. Charles-D., b. July 4, 1846 ; d. Jan. 29, 1851. 

(561) 591. William-R. Bascom, only son of Calvin, b. at Seneca 
Falls, N. Y., July 7, 1813 ; m. June 6, 1836, Janette, dau. of Peter and 
Mary McOallum, and settled at Rochester, N. Y. He m. 2d, Nov. 4, 
1857, Lucinda-A., widow of Benjamin Kellogg, and d. at Rochester, 
June 10, 1863. Issue, all b. at Rochester: — 

674. Mary-Craig, b. July 22, 1837 ; d. at R., 1838. 

675. Jane-Ann, b. March 1, 1839 ; m. April 1, 1858, Wm.-W. Cur- 

tis, and has issue : — 1. Mary-E., b. Nov. 15, 1859. 2. 
Williarn-B., b. Oct. 14, 1862. 

676. Mary-Craig, b. July 23, 1841 ; m. March 29, 1864, M.-H. 

Dailey, and has issue : — 1. Jennie, b. July 7, 1865. 2. 
Mary, b. June 20, 1867. 

677. Calvin-J., b, Sept. 8, 1843 ; m. Oct. 22, 1863, Jennie Leach, 

and has daughters, Jennie and Elizabeth. 

678. Daniel-McCallum, b. Sept. 29, 1845 ; d. Feb. 8, 1847. 
. 679. Daniel-McCallum, b. Jan. 13, 1848. 

680. William-H, b. July 31, 1850. 

681. Janet-A., b. June 28, 1852 ; d. Sept. 8, 1853. 

682. Archibald-McLean, b. Jan. 10, 1854 ; d. Sept. 24, 1855. 

(563) 594. Henry-Lawrens Bascom, eldest son of King, b. at South- 
ampton, Mass., Aug. 20, 1797 ; m. Oct. 22, 1821, Tryphosa Densmore, 
of Worcester. He removed to Boston, and kept for many years a pub- 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 63 

lie-house on School st. He d. at Boston, March 9, 1848, leaving his 
widow who d. in Somerville, and issue : — 

683. Henry-Lawrens, b. Sept. 13, 1833 ; actor, who by wife Emma, 

had issue : — a dau. Henrietta-Laura, b. at Boston, Oct. 25, 
1856. 

(563) 596. Sheldon-King Bascom, second son of King, b. Feb. 24, 
1801, at Southampton ; m. Nov. 28, 1827, Almira Bartlett. She d. 
May 8, 1836, and he m. Sept. 13, 1837, Betsey-W. Knight, of Nor- 
wich. Issue : — 

684. Horace-Sheldon, b. Jan. 8, 1845. 

(563) 597. Jonathan-Dayton Bascom:, third son of King, b. at South- 
ampton, March 6, 1804 ; m. Aug. 3, 1840, at Springfield, Frances-A. 
Newhall, and in 1866 resided at St. Louis, Mo. Issue : — 

685. Mary-Ellen, b. Aug. 8, 1841 ; m. Wm. McHenry. 

686. Henry-Milton, b. Oct. 18, 1842 ; served in the Union army 

during the Rebellion. 

687. Silas-Sheldon, b. Jan. 8, 1844. 

688. Amena- Viola, b. Aug. 24, 1847. 

689. Joseph-Dayton, b. July 2, 1849. 

690. William-Sheldon, b. Sept. 17, 1851. 

(563) 599. Silas Bascoji, youngest son of King, b. at Southampton, 
Mass., Jan. 8, 1808 ; m. Nov. 23, 1835, Ltjcretia-C. Hidden, of Cin- 
cinnati, O. (born at Hingham, Mass., Jan. 18, 1818). He early set- 
tled at Cincinnati, where he resided in 1867. Issue : — 

691. George, b. at St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 15, 1836 ; m. Dec. 22, 1859, 

Mary-E. Longnecker, b. in Cincinnati, Aug. 15, 1841. He 
served in the Rebellion as a member of the 5th Ohio Vols. 
Issue : — Jennie, b. Oct. 7, 1860. 

692. Silas-Henry, b. at Cincinnati, Sept. 10, 1840. Second Lieut. 

4th Ohio Vols. 

693. Eichard-Robinson, b. at C, Feb. 12, 1843 ; d. at St. Louis, Aug. 

22 1843 

694. KiNG,'b. at'e., March 17, 1845; d. at C, March 12, 1852. 

695. Jennie-Lucretia, b. at C, Sept. 8, 1850 ; d. at Springfield, 

Mass., June 8, 1854. 

(564) 603. Gilbert Bascom, eldest son of Elisha, b. at Southamp- 
ton, Mass., Jan. 10, 1796; m. April 26, 1822, Cynthia Clark, and 
resides at Southampton. Issue : — 

696. Elvira-Bethia, b. at Westhampton, Jan. 29, 1823 ; m. July 1, 

1858, Alfred Warriner, of Springfield. 

697. Sophronia-Amanda, b. at Southampton, May 21, 1826 ; m. Jan. 

29, 1845, Silas-Dickinson Clark, of Northampton, and has 
issue: — 1. Alice-Bascom, b. June 6, 1848. 2. Charles- 
Whitney, b. April, 1850 ; d. May 20, 1857. 3. Nellie-So- 
phronia, b. March 21, 1861 ; d. Aug. 1861. 



64 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

698. Cynthia-Semantha, b. at S., Dec. 26, 1830. 

699. Delia-Augusta, b. at S., Sept. 29, 1838 ; d. at S., July 30, 185?. 

(564) 604. Theodore Bascom, third son of Elisha, b. at Southamp- 
ton, Mass., March 14, 1*798 ; m. Sept. 29, 1819, Thankful Strong, 
and died at Southampton, May 1, 1863. Issue : — 

TOO. Ann-Maria, b. Dec. 29, 1820 ; m. Nov. 28, 1839, George-G. 
Wilder, and d. April 13, 1861. Issue: — George-D wight, 
b. July 25, 1844. 

701. Theodore-D wight, b. Nov. 24, 1822 ; m. Nov. 28, 1854, Mary, 

dau. of Hugh and Sarah Nickerson, of Charlestown, Mass. 
He kept for some time, 1850-51, a restaurant on Lindall St., 
Boston, and d. at Chelsea, April 19, 185*7. Issue :— a dau. 
Mary-Cordelia, b. Sept. 12, 1855. His widow in 1865-6 
was at Janesville, Wisconsin. 

702. Cordelia-Thankful, b. April 1*7, 1825 ; m. Jan. 4, 1849, Mar- 

quis-D. Moore, and d. Sept. 1, 1850. Issue: — Henry-Hud- 
son, b. Aug. 18, 1850 ; d. April 7, 1858. 

(564) 609. Elisha-Hulbert Bascom, youngest son of Elisha, b. at 
Southamptom, Mass., July 25, 1812 ; m. July, 1842, Cornelia Babbitt, 
of Waterville, N. Y. She d. Nov. 1843, and he mar. March 31, 1845, 
Mrs. Sarah A. (Littlefield) Morrell, native of Saco, Me. He was 
a music teacher, resided in New York, Boston in '4*7, '48, '49 and 
; 50 (when he is called "lamp maker"), Springfield, Northampton, 
and finally Westfield, where he d. Sept. 2*7, 1861. Issue :— 

703. Sarah-Maria, b. Jan. 1, 1846 ; d. Dec. 19, 184T. 
•704. Juliett, b. Feb. 10, 1848. 

705. Samuel-Howard, b. at Boston, Jan. 18, 1850. 



FIFTH LINE. 



FOURTH GENERATION. 

(6) 18. Joseph Bascom, youngest son of Thomas, 3d, b. at North- 
ampton, Mass., Jan. 20, 1*708-9 ; m. Aug. 3, 1737, at Deerfield, Mass., 
Hannah Rider. He is styled in deeds of that period " a joyner," and 
early settled at Deerfield. His three elder children were there born, 
and as in Oct. 1741, he purchased a farm in Cold-Spring, on the east- 
ern side of the Connecticut River (now called Belchertown), it is pro- 
bable he removed there, for I have found in town records of Deerfield 
no further account of him. His stay in Cold-Spring, however, was 
of but short duration, for in Oct. 1747, he sold his farm there, at that 
time living in Northampton. He, with his wife, was dismissed by the 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 65 

Church at N., June 12, 1763, to the Church at Greenfield, where it is 
supposed he had removed in or about the year 1760, and where he 
died Sept. 11, 1764. His wife died at G., Oct. 10, 1776, in her 65th 
year. Issue : — 

706. Joseph, b. at Deerfield, Jan. 18, 1737-8 ; d. at Northampton, 

Feb. 15, 1749-50. 

707. Hannah, b. at Deerfield, July 26, 1739 ; m. Joel Wells, of 

Greenfield. 

708. Elizabeth, b. at Deerfield, Nov. 1 or 7, 1741 ; m. Elihu Bas- 

com (No. 218). 

709. Naomi, b. Dec. 13, 1744; m. John Howland, of Gill. They 

died without issue at Whitingham, Yt. 

710. Lemuel, b. Sept. 24, 1746. 

711. Timothy, b. at Northampton, Nov. 10, 1748. 

712. Eunice, b. July 21, 1751 ; m. Lemuel Hastings, of Greenfield. 

713. Joseph, b. Feb. 10, 1754 ; bapt. at N., Feb. 17, '54. 

714. Susannah, b. Sept. 25, 1755 (N. Church Records call her 

Martha — bapt. Sept. 28, '55 — evidently the same individual, 
but an error in the entry) ; m. Nov. 29, 1787, William 
Smalley. 

FIFTH GENERATION. 

(18) 710. Lemuel Bascom, second son of Joseph, b. (probably at Cold- 
Spring, now Belchertown, Mass.), Sept. 24, 1746 ; m. Abigail Allen, 
of Greenfield, where he settled, and where all his children were born. 
In February, 1795, he removed to Halifax, Vermont, where he died 
March 31, 1813. Issue :— . • « 

715. Hannah, b. Sept. 13, 1779; m. John Hall, of Halifax, Yt., 

Feb. 1811 ; he d. Dec. 22, 1863, and she d. April 15, same 
year. Issue, all b. at Whitingham, Yt. : — 1. Theresa. 2. 
Lemuel-Bascom, b. Nov. 14, 1818. 3. Loren. 4. Abigail, 
b. Dec. 1823. 

716. Davib, b. Aug. 1 or 5, 1781. 

717. Solomon, b. June 23, 1783. 

718. Jerusha, b. Aug. 25, 1785 ; m. June 15, 1829, Elezer Ketchum, 

of Clarksburgh, Mass. He d. April 19, 1833, at C, and his 
widow was living in 1864, at Halifax, Yt., having had no 
issue. 

719. Luther, b. Nov. 23, 1787 ; d. at Halifax, Yt. unmarried, April 

16, 1809, from injuries received by an axe. 

(18) 711. Timothy Bascom, second son of Joseph, b. at Northamp- 
ton, Mass., Nov. 10, 1748. Hem. 1st, Abigail Atherton, and settled 
at Greenfield. She d. Oct. 30, 1778, having borne four children. He 
m. 2d, Mary Patterson, who d. Feb. 11, 1785, issue one child, and he 
m. 3d, Jemimah Booth. He resided at Greenfield probably but a short 
time, and after living successively at Northfield, Mass., and Yernon, 
N. H., removed to Franklin, Yt., where he died Feb. 7, 1824. His 
widow d. Aug. 27, 1839. Issue : — 
6* 



66 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

720. Timothy, b. Dec. 2, 1769 ; lost at sea when young- and unmar. 

721. Shubael, b. at Greenfield, May 15, 1773. 

722. Sarah, b. April 11, 1775 ; m. Luke De Rumple. 

723. Abigail, b. March 8, 1777 ; d. Aug. 25, 1777. 

724. Mary, b. at Vernon, Vt., Feb. 13, 1781 ; unmarried. 

725. Elisha, b. at V., Feb. 17, 1789. 

726. Simeon, b. at V., July 16, 1791. 

727. Elizabeth, b. at V., July 1, 1793; m. Jan. 5, 1817, Samuel 

Gates, of Swanton, Vt., b. July 17, 1793, son of Paul and 
Zuriah (Spooner) Gates, of Highgate, Vt. Issue : 1. Sophia, 
b. Oct. 9, 1817. 2. Minerva, b. March 29, 1820. 3. Ada- 
line, b. June 10, 1825 ; d. Feb. 2, 1826. 4. Cadmus, b. 
May 20, 1838. 

728. Triphena, b. at V. Dec. 31, 1795 ; d. unmar. April 14, 1860. 

729. Lewis, b. at V., March 11, 1798. 

730. Melinda, b. at V., Feb. 5, 1801 ; d. unmar. in Michigan, 

March 27, 1864. 

(18) 713. Joseph Bascom, youngest son of Joseph, b. at North- 
ampton, Feb. 10, 1754 ; m. Dec. 1, 1784, Esther, b. Jan. 4, 1755, dau. 
of Thomas and Esther (Jones) Judd, of South Hadley. He lived at 
Greenfield, where he d. March 12, 1844. His wife died at G. Oct. 27, 
1834. Their issue, all b. at Greenfield, were : — 

731. Chester, b. July 12, 1786. 

732. LuciNDA,b. Feb. 9, 1788; m. Charles Dexter, of Wardsboro',Vt., 

afterwards of Dover, Vt., where he died. Issue : — Chester- 
B.ascom, Avery, Charles, Allen, Saphronia, Salina, Hadassa, 
Irena. 

733. Elizabeth, b. March 30, 1792 ; m. at Greenfield, Jabez-Fitz 

Bissell, and removed to Leroy, N. Y. Issue : — Calvin-Fitch, 
Esther, Livingston-Joseph, Russell-Bascom, Rubie-Elvira. 

734. Joseph,, b. April 15> 1794. 



SIXTH GENERATION. 

(710) 716. David Bascom, eldest son of Lemuel, b. at Greenfield, 
Aug. 1 or 5, 1781, removed with his father in 1795, to Halifax, Vt. ; 
m. in 1806, Rebecca Marsh, of Hawley, Mass., and settled at Whit- 
ingham, the adjoining town to Halifax. He d. at W. Oct. 6, 1847, his 
wife having d. Dec. 16, 1835, at W. ; without issue. 

(710) 717. Solomon Bascom, second son of Lemuel, b. at Greenfield, 
June 23, 1783 ; accompanied his father to Halifax, Vt. in 1795, where 
he mar. May 9, 1809, Rhoda Hall. He d. at Halifax, Oct. 19, 1866, 
and his wife d. Nov. 2, 1865. Issue, all b. at H. 7 were : — 

735. Luther, b. Nov. 10, 1810. 

736. Loren, b. Jan. 10, 1813; d. Jan. 29, 1813. 

737. Olive, b. Dec. 13, 1814; d. Feb. 27, 1815. 

738. Russell, b. Aug. 10, 1819. 

739. Olive, b. Sept. 4, 1823 ; m. Otis Turner, of Montague, Mass.; 

and died. 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 67 

(Til) 721. Shubael Bascom, second son of Timothy, b. at Green- 
field, May 15, 1773, early settled at Hinsdale, N. H. He m., Feb. 3, 
1799, Philenia Elmore, b. Dec. 30, mi. He d. Sept. 14, 1829, and 
she d. Jan. 31, 1861. Their issue, all born at Hinsdale, were : — 

740. Abigail, b. Jan. 18, 1800 ; d. Feb. 18, 1804. 

741. Timothy-Allen, b. Aug. 25, 1801. 

742. Shubael, > b ct. 22, 1803. j , ft . 9 , isnq 

743. Ashbel, ) ' [ d. Oct. 26, 1803. 

744. Eoswell, b. June 24, 1805. 

745. Caroline, b. March 26, 1807 ; m. Aug. 15, 1830, Lockhart-W. 

Stebbins, of Hinsdale. He d. Feb. 1, 1856. Issue :— 1. 
Mary-B., b. March 21, 1833 ; m. May, 1854, George-H. 
Searle. 2. Lucy, b. Feb. 15, 1836 ; m. March 18, 1858, 
Samuel-N. Hartwell. 3. Julia-C, b. Oct. 17, 1837 ; m. 
March 18, 1858, Henry-C. Tenney. 

746. Mary-Abigail, b. Oct. 30, 1808 ; m. Calvin Taylor, of Hinsdale, 

and d. about 1834, leaving issue, two sons. 

747. Philenia, b. Sept. 16, 1810 ; m. Philip Liscomb, of Brattleboro', 

Vt., where they resided in 1865, with issue. 

748. Alonzo, b. Sept. 13, 1812. 

749. Julia-Ann, b. Jan. 12, 1815 ; m. Samuel Fish, of Guilford, Vt., 

and removed to Michigan. 

750. Sarah, b. Dec. 29, 1816 ; d. April 30, 1817. 

(711) 725. Elisha Bascom, third son of Timothy, b. at Vernon, Vt., 
Feb. 17, 1789, settled at Franklin, Vt. ; m. Feb. 14, 1814, Hannah, 
dau. of John McCarty. He d. at Franklin, Dec. 27, 1846, and she d. 
there July 4, 1838. Their issue, all b. at F., were : — 

751. Jane, b. Jan. 11, 1815 ; m. March 31, 1841, Benj.-F. Cheny, 

and d. at Franklin, Jan. 30, 1845. 

752. Elizabeth, b. July 11, 1817 ; lived in 1864 at Franklin, unmar. 

753. Nancy, b. June 28, 1823 ; d. at F., April 23, 1843. 

(711) 726. Simeon Bascom, fourth son of Timothy, b. at Vernon, 
Vt., July 16, 1791. He resided at Warsaw, N. Y., and Leroy, N. Y. ; 
a tanner ; m. Mary Higley, who died at Leroy in 1841, He mar. 2d, 
Mrs. Betsy Saunders, and died at Leroy, Jan. 1852. Issue : — 

754. Lewis, served in the Mexican war, and is supposed to have 

died some years after, unmarried. 

755. Elan, followed the sea, and has not been heard from for many 

years. 

756. Cornelius, b. about 1824 ; lived some time in New York City, 

and d. about 1850, leaving a widow and one child. 

757. Emeline, b. about 1826 ; m. Butler, and went to Michigan. 

758. Theodore, b. at Warsaw, N. Y., went to Michigan, and there 

died about 1861, leaving a widow and two children. 

759. Harriet, b. at Whitesboro 7 , N. Y., about 1828 ; m. Worden, 

of Wayland, Michigan. 

760. Mary-J., b. at Leroy, N. Y., about 1833; m. St. John, and 

resided in 1865 at Leroy. 



68 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 

(711) 729. Lewis Bascom, youngest son of Timothy, b. at Vernon, 
Vt., March 11, 1798 ; m. Sept. 1832, at Westmoreland, N. H., Han- 
nah, b. at W. June 2, 1804, dau. of Thomas McNeil. He was living 
at Jackson, Michigan, in 1865. Issue : — 

761. Hemay, b. at St. Albans, Vt., Sept. IT, 1834 ; d. Aug. 15, 1844. 

162. Harley, b. at Jackson, Mich., Oct. 5, 1839 ; m. April 1, 1864, 
Ann-H. Smith, and resides at Jackson, Mich. 

(T13) 731. Chester Bascom, eldest son of Joseph, b. at Greenfield, 
Mass., July 12, 1786 ; m. Sept. It, 1820, Dorcas, b. March 25, 1797, 
dau. of William Bissell, of Greenfield. He resided at Greenfield, 
where he d. Feb. 22, 1841, and where his widow is still living. Issue, 
all b. in Greenfield, were : — 

763. Adeline, b. April 11, 1823 ; m. April 28, 1846, Charles-C. 

Phillips. 

764. Chester-Avery, b. Oct. 12, 1824 ; m. May 21, 1857, Minerva- 

Smead Martindale, b. Sept. 26, 1827, and resides at Green- 
field. Issue, Charles- William, b. May 31, 1858. 

765. William-Bissell, b. Dec. 18, 1827 ; m. March 29, 1859, Lucin- 

da Gee, and was in 1865 a hotel keeper at Templeton, Mass. 
Issue, Minnie-A., b. Jan. 31, 1860 ; Lue-Estella, b. Oct. 1861. 

(713) 734. Joseph Bascom, youngest son of Joseph, b. at Green- 
field, April 15, 1794; m. June 7, 1831, Susan-Amorette Grace, b. in 
W. Springfield, April 25, 1809 ; has resided in Springfield, Mass. and 
Troy, Pa. Issue : — 

766. Benjamin-Franklin, b. May 23, 1832. 

767. Susanna, b. Jan. 19, 1834 ; m. Oct. 25, 1858, John-M. Kiff, 

of Tioga co., Penn., and has issue. 

768. Coralinne, b. March 1, 1836. 

769. Harrison, b. Sept. 9, 1840 ; d. at Springfield, Mass., Nov. 12, 

1863, while on a furlough from the 58th Reg't Penn. Vols 

770. Phineas-Luther, b. at Troy, Pa., Aug. 9, 1846. 

771. Isaac-Newton, b. at Springfield, Mass., March 11, 1849. 



SEVENTH GENERATION. 

(717) 735. Luther Bascom, eldest son of Solomon, b. at Halifax, 
Vt., Nov. 10, 1810 ; m. Sept. 30, 1841, Esther Eames, of Whitingham, 
Vt., and died at Halifax, Sept. 28, 1862. She d. at H., June 29,1842, 
without issue. 

(717) 738. Russell Bascom, youngest son of Solomon, b. at Halifax, 
Vt., Aug. 10, 1819 ; m. Dec. 8, 1842, Sally-Maria Plumb, of Halifax, 
where he died Sept. 13, 1864. Issue, all b. at H. : — 

772. GEORGE-P.,b. Nov. 3, 1843; m. at Halifax, Nov. 18, 1866, 
Josephine-L. Hicks, and removed to Saybrook, McLean 
co.. Illinois. 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 69 

•773. Ellen-L., b. Jan. 12, 1846 ; m. Jan. 2, 1870, Albert-L. Thur- 
ber, of Halifax. 

774. William-R., b. Sept. 8, 1848, resides at Normal, McLean co. ; 111. 

(721) 741. Timothy-Allen Bascom, eldest son of Shubael, b. at 
Hinsdale, N. H., Aug. 25, 1801 ; m. Sept. 1, 1822, Dolly Fitch, b. 
Feb. 12, 1802. Was in 1865-6, a farmer at Hinsdale. Issue :— 

775. Timothy-Julius, b. at Hinsdale, March 31, 1823 ; m. at Vernon, 

Vt., Oct. 1846, Rebecca Hyde, and presided in 1865 at South 
Dedham, Mass. Issue : — 1. Ella- A., b. at N. Adams, Mass., 
May 24, 1848. 2. Frank-H., b. at S. Dedham, April 19, 1860. 

776. Elizabeth, b. at Vernon, Vt., June 2, 1825 ; m. Feb. 22, 1844, 

at V., Edwin-D. Washburn, and had issue : — 1. Cyrus-D., b. 
Feb. 19, 1845 ; d. Jan. 4, 1852. 2. Franklin-B., b. June 22, 
1846. 3. Percy-F,, b. Nov. 22, 1856. 

777. Ezekiel-Fitch, b. at V., Oct. 20, 1827 ; m. Nov. 1, 1855, Olive 

Ramsdill, of Maiden, Mass. Studied medicine, and gradua- 
ted at the Eclectic Medical College of Philadelphia in Jan. 
1864, settled at Portland, Me., in the practice of his pro- 
fession. Issue : — 1. Eugene-Augustus, b. at South Dan- 
vers, Mass., Dec. 19, 1858. 2. Henry-Albert, b. at Port- 
land, Me., Oct. 26, 1860. 

778. Shubael-Atherton, b. at V., June 7, 1830 ; d. at Hinsdale, 

Aug. 6, 1832. 

779. Janet, b. at Hinsdale, N. H., May 13, 1833. 

780. Stella, b. at H., April 21, 1835. 

781. Abby-Regina, b. at H., Oct. 5, 1838. 

782. Rosabel, b. at H., May 27, 1841. 

783. Isaac-Kirk, b. at H., June 18, 1844. 

784. Jared-Herbert, b. at H., April 11, 1849 : d. at H., Sept. 10, 

1851. 

(721) 742. Shubael Bascom, second son of Shubael, b. at Hinsdale, 
N. H., Oct. 22, 1803; m. at Guilford, Vt., May 27, 1827, Electa 
Bridgman, and d. at Utica, N. Y., Dec. 19, 1853. His widow mar. 
Brown, of North Greece, N. Y. Issue : — 

785. Henry-Hobart, b. at Portage, N. Y., April 20, 1832 ; d. at Port 

Hudson, La., Dec. 19, 1863. 

786. Alonzo-Eugene, b. at Portage, N. Y., Aug. 24, 1834 ; d. at 

Clarkson, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1836. 

787. Mary-Electa, b. at Clarkson, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1837 ; m. at 

Greece, N. Y., July 2, 1854, William-C. Henry, of Union- 
ville, N. Y. 

788. Levi-Bridgman, b. at Clarkson, July 27, 1839, resided in 1865 

at New York City. 

789. Charles-Edwin, b. at Clarkson, Sept. 5, 1841, resided in 1865 

at Rochester, N. Y. 

790. George-W., b. at Brockport, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1843, resided in 

1865 at Jaffrey, N. H. 



70 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 



791. Shubael-Alonzo, b. at Parma-Centre, N. Y.,Oct. 14, 1845. 
•792. Edward-Newton, b. at Parma-Centre, May 6, 1848 ; d. at North 
Greece, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1861. 

793. Jennie-Eliza-Josephine, b. at Parma-Centre, May 12, 1850. 

(121) 744. Roswell Bascom, fourth son of Shubael, b. at Hinsdale, 
N. H., June 24, 1805 ; m. Nov. 4, 1832, Sophia Evans, and in 1865 
resided at Jaffrey, N. H. Issue : — 

794. Lucia-Ellen, b. at Hinsdale, May 28, 1833. 

795. Willi am- Wall ace, b. at H., June 17, 1839. 



(721) 748. Alonzo Bascom, youngest son of Shubael, b. at Hinsdale, 
N. H., Sept. 13, 1812 ; m. Sept. 5, 1837, Clarissa-Keith, who d. Feb. 
29, 1856, and 2d, Aug. 15, 1860, Ann-J. Joslin. He is a manufacturer 
of cotton goods at East Jaffrey, N. H., where he has for several years 
resided. That section of the town is largely indebted to him for the 
many benefits it has derived from his enterprise and business activity, 
as well as from his enlarged and practical views. His issue are : — 

796. Alonzo-Fernando, b. at Palmer, Mass., July 20, 1838 ; m. Dec. 

5, 1861, Lucy-L. Searle. He d. March 2, 1865, leaving 
issue, a dau. Clara-Eugenia, b. Oct. 16, 1863. 

797. Clarissa-Eudora, b. at Palmer, Sept. 18, 1840 ; m. Nov. 27, 

1862, Samuel-G-. Smith, watch-maker, of Boston, b. in Upper 
Canada, April 20, 1838. Issue :— ~ 1. Kate-Auzella, b. Sept. 

6, 1864. 2. Dexter-Munroe, b. May 9, 1868. 

798. Marcellus-Miguel, b. at Jaffrey, N. H., June 24, 1844 ; m. 

Feb. 10, 1866, Sarah-J. Houston, and resides at East Jaffrey. 
Issue :— Alonzo-Fernando, b. July 30, 1868 ; d. March 13, 
1870, 



CHKISTIAK NAMES OF BASCOM8. 



A.-S.-Dealbert, 26 
Aaron, 17, 18, 19, 24 
Aaron-Dwight, 25 
Abbie-Ann, 39 
Abby, 53 
Abby-Regina, 69 
Abiel, 30, 32 
Abigail, 14, 16, 22, 30, 
31, 32, 36, 39, 46, 58, 
65, 66, 67 
Abigail-Kay, 58 
Abigail-W. 27 
Abner-Newton, 49 
Absalom, 18 • 

Ada, 52 

Ada-Hortense, 29 
Ada-Sophia, 52 
Adaline, 23 
Adelia-Ann, 37 
Adelia-S. 35 
Adeline, 68 
Adeline-Adelia, 39 
Adeline-L. 50 
Alanson, 23 
Albert-Ebenezer, 39 
Alfred, 62 
Alice, 30, 52 
Alice-A. 27 
Alice-Angelia, 35 
Alice- Jane, 52 
Allison- Walter, 39 
Alma-Jane, 49 
Almeda-H. 50 • 
Almeda-Harriet, 43 

Almira, 38, 45, 51, 63 
Almira-S. 50 
Almon-W. 35 

Alonzo, 67, 70 

Alonzo-Eugene, 69 

Alonzo-Fernando, 70 

Alpheus, 56 

Alpheus-Clarke, 60 

Alpheus-Legrand, 60 

Alpheus-Washington, 
57, 60 

Alpheus-Wibon, 61 

Alphonso-Bush, 48 

Altha, 27 

Altheda-Strong, 27 

Alvah, 35 

Alzina, 35 

Amanda, 54 

Amanda-C. 34 

Amanda-M. 51 

Amarilla, 33 

Amelia, 46, 54 

Amelia-W. 22 

Amena-Yiola, 63 

Amy-L. 51 



Andrew, 35 
Andrew-Burbank, 37 
Andrew- Jackson, 37 
Ann-Elizabeth, 60 
Ann-H. 68 
Ann-Hay ward, 26 
Ann- J. 70 

Ann-Maria, 23, 60, 64 
Anna, 19, 26, 42, 43 
Anna-C. 46 
Anna-Chloe, 50 
Anna-M. 50 
Anna-Mills, 54 
Anne-Elizabeth, 48 
Anne-F. 47 
Ansel, 57, 61 
Ansel-E. 62 
Anson-Hinman, 53 
Archibald-McLean, 62 
Arkie-D. 28 
Armena, 58 
Artemas-D. 50 
Artemidorus, 42, 47 
Arthur-Warner, 35 
Asa, 18, 22 
Asahel- Wright, 25 
Asaph, 30, 34 
Asenath, 45, 56 
Ashbel, 67 
Asher-Newton, 49 
Athenodorus, 43 
Atwood-Jason, 36 
Austin-S. 62 
Avis, 13 
Azuba, 26 



Benjamin, 34, 46, 54 
Benjamin-Franklin, 6S 
Betsey, 26, 33, 34, 36, 37, 

43, 50, 57, 67 
Betsey-W. 63 
Betty, 31 
Billee, 30, 32 



Caleb, 17, 19, 20, 25 
Caleb-Gannett, 38 
Calvin, 56, 57 
Calvin-J. 62 
Canelice, 22 - 
Carlos, 45 
Carlos-Kendrick, 21 
Carlos-Lyman, 51 
Caroline, 21, 22, 23, 26, 

35, 45, 54, 67 
Caroline-C. 50, 62 
Caroline-E. 28 
Caroline-Elizabeth, 28, 

53 



Caroline-Elvira, 28 
Caroline-M. 53 
Cassandra, 57, 61 
Cassandra-Stebbins, 43 
Cassius-Clay, 48 
Catherine, 52 
Catherine-Harding, 37 
Chandler, 35 
Charity, 21 
Charles, 26, 32, 57 
Charles-D. 62 
Charles-E. 23, 50 
Charles-Edwin, 69 
Charles-Harvey, 29 
Charles-Henry, 37 
Charles-J. 27 
Charles-Joseph, 53 
Charles-Kempton, 52 
Charles-Lysander, 44 
Charles-F. 39 
Charles-R. 54 
Charles-Wallace, 52 
Charles- William, 68 
Charlotte, 19, 22, 24, 

27, 33, 48 
Charlotte-Cornelia, 21 
Charlotte-Elizabeth, 48 
Charlotte-Helen, 29 
Charlotte-Marilla, 48 
Chauncey, 33 
Chauncey-H. 48 
Chester. 36, 66, 68 
Chester-Avery, 68 
Chester-F. 22 
Chloe, 41, 47, 50 
Clara, 57 
Clara-E. 22, 39 
Clara-Eugenia, 70 
Clarissa, 20, 22, 23, 33, 

54, 70 
Clarissa-Amanda, 36 
Clarissa-Eudoi-a, 70 
Clement, 36 
Clorinda, 47, 48 
Coralinne, 68 
Cordelia- Jane, 28 
Cordelia-Thankful, 64 
Cornelia, 22, 25, 64 
Cornelius, 67 
Cynthia, 42, 63 
Cynthia-Philena, 45 
Cynthia-Semantha, 64 
Cyrus, 35 • 
Cyrus-Spelman, 49 



David, 18, 21, 65, 66 
Delia- Augusta, 64 
Denison, 57, 62 
Dicious-N. 22 
Dolly, 69 
Dorcas, 68 
Dorinda, 25 
Dorus, 43, 47, 49 
Dorus-Amaziah, 49 
Dwight, 33 
Dwight-S. 23 

E 



D 

Daniel, 29, 30, 31 

33 35 38 
Dan'iel-McCallum, 62 
Daniel-Wood, 36 



Edgar-Martin, 52 
Edith-Maud, 47 
Edmund, 46 
Edson, 21 
Edson-Eugene, 48 
Edson-Seymour, 36 
Edward, 24, 28 
Edward-A. 50 
Edward-Newton, 70 
Edward-Oliver, 51 
Edward-Payson, 36 
Edward-Stephens, 45, 

51 
Edward- Wright, 28 
Elam, 33 
Elan, 67 

Eleazer- Wales, 24 
Electa, 32, 33, 43, 54, 

69 
Elias, 31, 35, 40, 41, 42, 

44, 45, 46, 53 
Elias-Bush, 52 
Elias-Clay, 52 
Elias-Rollin, 53 
Elie-C. 61 

Elihu, 30, 31, 45, 52, 65 
Elijah-Sheldon, 44, 50 
Elisha, 42, 45, 48, 52, 

54, 55, 56, 58, 66, 67 
Elisha-Hulbert, 58, 64 
Eliza, 22, 33, 35, 45, 49. 

54, 61 ' ' 

Eliza-Adelia, 35 
Eliza- Anne. 34 
Eliza-Florilla, 37 
Eliza-Sherwood, 62 
Elizabeth, 29, 30, 31, 32, 

33, 35, 36, 46, 47, 48 

50, 51, 54, 56, 57, 62, 

65, 66, 67, 69 
Elizabeth-B. 39 
Elizabeth-Chapin, 52 
Elizabeth-E. 60 
32, Elizabeth-Marinda, 43 
jElizabeth-Roxcena, 36 
jElizabeth-Shipman, 57 
|Ella, 51 



72 



INDEX. 



Ella-A. 69 
Ella-Philena, 49 
Ellen, 52, 53 
Ellen-A. 62 
Ellen-C. 23, 39 
Ellen-E. 23 
Ellen-L. 23, 69 
Ellen-M. 62 
Ellen-Mary, 27 
Ellen-P. 39 
Ellery, 24, 27 
Elliot- White, 26 
Elvira, 27, 36 
EMra-A. 27 
Elvira-Bethia, 63 
Elvira-Priscilla, 44, 47 
Elvira-Rachel, 36 
Emerancy-Climene, 43 
Emerson-P. 25 
Emeline, 23, 67 
Emily, 47, 48, 51, 54, 

60, 62 
Emily-Ermina, 28 • 
Emma, 25, 53, 54, 63 
Emma- Jane, 52 
Emma-Kelsey, 53 
Emma-R. 22 
Emma-Sophia, 36 
Erastus-K. 23 
Esther, 34, 46, 49, 56 

66, 68 
Esther-A. 57 
Eudora- Virginia, 60 
Eugene-Augustine, 35 
Eugene-Augustus, 69 
Eunice, 18, 22, 28, 30, 

38, 40, 42, 45, 65 
Eunice-Irene, 36 
Euphemiae, 54 
Eva-Hester, 61 
Ezekiel, 16, 31, 34, 40 

42 
Ezekial-Fitch, 69 
Ezekiel-Lysander, 41, 

44, 49 
Ezra, 36 
Ezra-Michael, 36 
Experance, 20 
Experience, 17, 40, 41 
Experience S. 50 



Fannie-M. 22, 61 

Fannie-W. 38 

Fanny, 18, 19, 22, 23, 

34, 58 
Fayette-Spencer, 39 
Flavel, 33, 39 
Flora-Ann-Eliza, 37 
Flora-May, 52 
Florence, 25 
Florence-A. 27 
Florilla, 34 
Frances, 53, 57 
Frances- A. 63 
Frances-Jane, 28 
Frances-Mary, 26 
Francis-Asbury, 57 
Francis-Edward, 54 
Frank, 51 
Frank- D. 61 
Frank-H. 49, 69 
Frank-Newton, 49 
Frank-Redman, 61 
Franklin, 27, 37, 47, 51 
Franklin-Augustus, 28 
Franklin-C. 28 
Frederic, 53 
Frederic-Eugene, 52 
Frederick-Harrington, 

29 



Freedom, 56, 57 



Gaius, 19 

George, 21, 22, 23, 24, 

28, 48, 50, 55, 57, 63 
George-C. 36 
George-Denison, 47, 54 
George-DeWitton, 61 
George-Frederic, 43 
George-H. 60 
George'Harrison, 28 
George-Herbert, 51 
George-Jonathan, 37 
George-L. 39 
George-M. 23, 25 
George-N. O. 59 
George-P. 68 
George-S. 39 
George-Spencer, 62 
George-Thomas, 21 
George-W. 57, 69 
George- Washington, 44, 

50 
Gerrard-A. 38 
Gertrude. 47, 61 
Gilbert, 38, 58, 63 
Grace-Wells, 29 
Gustavus-Murray, 48 



Hannah, 14, 16, 19, 20, 

22, 26, 36, 52, 56, 64, 

65, 67, 68 
Hannah-Amelia, 43 
Hannah-Elizabeth, 36, 

38 
Hannah-Field, 21 
Hannah-Houk, 57 
Hannah-Jane, 60 
Hannah-Maria, 36 
Harley, 68 
Harold- Wales, 27 
Harriet, 25, 26, 50, 52, 

54, 55, 67 
Harriet-Adeline, 39 
Harriet-Almeda, 43 
Harriet-Alphea, 60 
Harriet-Elizabeth, 34 
Harriet-Martha, 22 
Harriet-Naomi, 53 
Harrison, 68 
Harry-Palmer, 22 
Helen, 36, 46 
Helen-C. 27 
Helen-D. 53 
Helen-Janet, 28 
Helen-Lucretia, 47 
Helen-Wright, 38 
Helena, 24 
Hemay, 68 
Henrianna, 60 
Henrietta-Laura, 63 
Henry, 43, 49, 51, 53, 

59, 62 
Henry- Albert, 69 
Henry-Alphonso, 48 
Henry-B. 35, 60, 61 
Henry-Bidleman, 57, 58 
Henry-Clay, 29, 36, 37 
Henry-Dorus, 47 
Henry-Harvey, 20, 26 
Henry-Hobart, 69 
Henry-Kelfy, 60 
Henry-Lawrens, 58, 62, 

63 
Henry-Lysander, 43 
Henry-M. 39 
Henry-Martyn, 51 
Henry-Milton, 63 
Henry-N. 27 



Henry-P. 50 
Hepzibah, 14 
Herbert-C. 22 
Hiram, 34 

Hiram-Baxter, 57, 60 
Hiram-Henry, 36 
Hiram-Sebastian, 60 
Horace, 46, 54 
Horace-Kay, 53 
Horace-Sanford, 52 
Horace-Sheldon, 63 
Horatio, 24, 28 
Horatio-Newell, 28 



Imogene, 52 

Ira, 20, 26, 35, 42, 46, 

49 
Ira-Griswold, 49 
Irene, 56 
saac-Kirk, 69 
Isaac-Newton, 68 
Isaac-Sherwood, 62 
Isabella, 61 



J.-Bissell, 54 
Jairus-Bliss, 20 
James, 19, 24 
James-Adams, 53 
James-Carter, 57, 61 
James-Henry, 60 
James-P. 53 
James-Wallace, 52 
James-Williams, 26 
Jane, 23, 27, 28, 35 

62, 67 
Jane-Ann, 39, 62 
Jane-O. 57 
Jane-Wells, 49 
Janet, 69 
Janet-A. 62, 
Janette, 62 
Jared-Herbert, 69 
Jason-W. 36 
Jed-H. 23 
Jemimah, 65 
Jennie, 25, 36, 61, 62, 

63 
Jennie-C. 28 
Jennie-Eliza-Josephine 

70 
Jennie-Lucretia, 63 
Jennie-N. 62 
Jerome, 38 
Jerusha, 42, 65 
Jessie, 20, 48 
Jessie-Maria, 51 
Joel, 17, 18, 20, 21 

35 
Joel-Dorman, 22 
Joel-Shirman, 21 
John, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22 

24, 25, 29, 30, 31 

34, 35, 54, 61 
John- Adams, 43, 50 
John-Alpheus, 60 
John-Bliss, 32, 38 
John-Ellis, 57, 61 
John-F. 39 
John-Henry, 39, 49 
John-Howard, 28 
John-Lewis, 61 
John-Linus, 23 
John-Luman, 39 
John-Richards, 60 
John-S. 23 
John-Sanburn, 39 
John-Sanford, 23 
John-Thomas-Stiles, 38 
John-W. 22 



Jonathan, 16, 30, 31, 

32, 36, 37, 55, 56, 62 
Jonathan-Dayton, 58, 

63 
Joseph, 16, 42, 46,53, 

54, 64, 65, 66, 68 
Joseph-Dayton, 63 
Joseph-Holbrook, 37 
Josephine-L. 68 
Josiah, 45, 50 
Joshua, 17, 24, 27 
Julia, 51, 55 
Julia- Ann, 26, 67 
Julia-E. 23 
Julia-Hannah, 61 
Juliett, 64 
Julius, 32 
Justin, 32 
Justin- Tyrus, 36 



Kate, 27 
Kate-E. 34 
Kate-Isabel, 53 
Katherine-Brattle, 37, 

38 
King, 56, 58, 63 



Laura, 25, 35, 48 
Laura-Atwood, 48 
Laura-Lorain, 49 
Laura-Lurana, 48 
Laura- Virginia, 60 
Leah, 19 
Lee* 61 
Lemuel, 65 
Lemuel-Haynes, 53 
Leonard, 33 
Lester, 35 
Letitia, 61 
Levi-Bridgman, 69 
Lewis, 66, 67, 68 
Lewis-H. 26 
Lewis-Hazelton, 57, 60 
Linus, 18, 22, 23, 24 
Lizzie-Marinda, 49 
Lon-Grace, 61 
Lora-Ann, 50 
Loren, 45, 66 
Louis-Reece, 59 
Lduis-Somerville, 61 
Louisa, 26, 35 
Louisa-M. 27 
Lovicy-Patience, 48 
Lovina, 34, 52 
Loxanna, 38 
Lucia-Ann, 49 
Lucia-Ellen, 70 
Lucia-M. 22 
Lucina, 62 

Lucinda, 26, 42, 66, 68 
Lucinda-A. 62 
Lucretia, 44, 45, 46, 55 
Lucretia-C. 63 
Lucretia-O. 47 
Lucy, 21, 37, 42, 53, 55, 

56, 58 
Lucy- Ann, 35 
Lucy-B. 37 

Lucy-Elizabeth, 36, 39 
Lucy-F. 27 
Lucy-Jane, 53 
Lucy-L. 70 
Lucy-Steams, 45 
Lue-Estella, 68 
Luther, 65, 66, 68 
Luman, 33, 39 
Lurah, 34 
Lydia, 17, 21, 22, 26, 32, 

45, 62 



INDEX. 



73 



Lydia-P. 50 
Lyman, 24 
Lysander, 44, 50 

M 

Mabel, 46 

Mabell, 25 

Marcellus-Miguel, 70 

Margaret-Ann, 35 

Margaret-C. 60 

Margaret-Ellen, 52 

Margaret-Josephine, 61 

Maria, 33 

Maria-C-O. 60 

Mariarn-S. 37 

Marian, 34. 

Marie-Louise, 53 

Marion, 53 

Marion-B. 28 

Martha, 16, 18, 19, 20, 
24, 34, 41, 49, 54, 65 

Martha- Andrews, 60 

Martha- Ann, 49 

Martha-Fields, 21 

Martha-Helena, 28 

Martha-M. 25 

Martha-Minor, 61 

Martin, 52 

Mary, 15, 16, 17, IS, 20, 
21, 24, 25, 29, 30, 32, 
34, 38, 41, 52, 54, 57, 
58, 64, 65, 66, 67 

Mary- A. 51 

Mary- Abigail, 67 

Mary-Amelia, 43 

Mary-Alabama, 23 

Mary- Ann, 21, 36, 37 

Mary-B. 38 

Mary-Clarissa,. 43 

Mary-Cordelia, 64 

Mary-Craig, 62 

Mary-E. 38, 39, 63 

Mary-Electa, 69 

Mary-Eliza, 29, 51, 61 

Mary-Elizabeth, 21, 54 

Mary-Ella., 54 

Mary-Ellen, 63 

Mary-Emma, 51 

Mary-Hildreth, 38 

Mary-Imogene, 52 

Mary-J. 67 

Mary- Jackson, 38 

Mary-Jane, 26, 55 

Mary-L. 50 

Mary-Lauretta, 52 

Mary-Louisa, 28 

Mary-Louise, 38 

Mary-M. 51 

Mary-N. 59 

Mary-Sherwood, 62 

Maryette, 21 

Maryette-Catherine, 21 

Matilda, 46, 53, 54 

Melinda, 54, 66 

Melissa, 38 

Mercy, 41 

Merton-J. 22 

Milo, 20, 26 



Mindwelh 55 
Minerva, 50 
Minerva-S. 62 
Minerva-Smead, 68 
Minnie-A. 68 
Miranda, 22 
Moses, 17, 18, 22, 40, 43 
Moses-Dwight, 49 
Moses-Payton, 50 

N 

Nabby, 20 

Nancy, 20, 53, 54, 60, 67 
Naucy-B. 37 
Nancy-Maxim, 50 
Naomi, 53, 56, 65 
Nathan, 18, 21, 30, 33 
Newel, 22 
Newel-P. 54 
Norman, 57 

O 

Olive, 30, 46, 66, 69 
Oliver, 51, 54 
Oliver-Hulburd, 47 
Ollie-M. 28 
Orpha, 24 
Orren-B. 35 
Oscar-Lander, 61 
Osee-T. 61 

P 

Pamelia, 36 
Patience, 49 
Paul, 55, 56 
Paulina, 46 
Peace, 19 
Philenia, 67 
Philomela, 45, 51 
Philomela-Chapin, 51 
Phineas-Luther, 68 
Phoebe, 31, 32 
Phoebe-A. 39 
Polly, 33, 37, 45 
Priscilla-Elvira, 44 

R 

Rachel, 30, 31, 55, 57 
Ray, 60 

Raynolds, 19, 25 
Rebecca, 18, 20, 21, 36, 

37, 40, 42, 44, 45, 66, 

69 
Reed, 23 

Reuben, 20, 21,42, 45,51 
Reynolds-R. 27 
Rhoda, 22, 32, 49, 66 
Richard-Robinson, 63 
Robert, 48 
Robert-Hiram, 34 
Rollin-Eugene, 51 
Romain, 54 
Rosabel, 69 
Rosalie-Adeline, 51 
Roselinda, 44 
Rosetta, 37 
Roswell, 67, 70 
Roxcena, 35, 36 



Ruel-G, 52 
Ruel-Leucell, 52 
Ruel-Murray, 55 
Ruel-P. 46, 54 
Russell, 66, 68 
Ruth, 16, 28, 32, 44, 

47 
Ruth- Ann, 25 
Ruth-S. 39 
Ruth-Stiles, 38 



48 



01 



Sally, 37, 44 
Sally-Maria, 68 
Saloma, 20 
Samuel, 16, 17, 20, 24. 

30, 32, 33, 61 
Samuel-Ashley, 19, 24, 

25 
Samuel-Burton, 34 
Samuel-Clark, 33, 39 
Samuel-Hopkins, 47 : 
Samuel-Howard, 64 
Samuel-J. 48 
Samuel-N. 22 
Samuel-Preble, 24 
Samuel-Parker, 57, 
Samuel-Reed, 18, 24 
Sarah, 17, 20, 22, 24, 26 

30, 34, 40, 46, 53,54 

58, 60, 66, 67 
Sarah-A. 60, 64 
Sarah-J. 70 
Sarah-M. 35 
Sarah-Maria, 34, 64 
Sarah-S. 54 
Selima-Rhoda, 50 
Selinda, 39 
Semanthe-Eunice, 47 
Seraphine, 20 
Sheldon-King, 58, 63 
Shubael, 66, 67, 69 
Shubael-Alonzo, 70 
Shubael-Atherton, 69 
Sidney, 21 

Silas, 22, 56, 57, 58, 63 
Silas-Henry, 63 
Silas-Sheldon, 63 
Simeon, 66, 67 
Simon, 18 
Sofrona, 21 
Solomon, 18, 65, 66 
Sophia, 20, 33, 43, 52 

54, 70 
Sophronia-Amanda, 63 
Sophronia-M. 27 
Stella, 69 

Stephen-Hazelton, 57 
Susan, 33 

Susan-Amorette, 68 
Susan-Elizabeth, 39 
Susanna, 17, 23, 65, 68 
Sybel, 46 
Sybyl, 32 
Sylvanus, 56 
Sylvanus-Clark, 57, 59, 

60 



T 

Tempe, 37 
Tempe-Eliza, 38 
Tempy, 32 
Temperance, 31, 52 
Thankful, 29, 30,31,32, 

33, 42, 47, 64 
Theodore, 58, 64, Q7 
Theodore-Dwight, 64 
Theodosia, 19, 33 
Theresa-L. 49 
Thomas, 13, 14, 15, 16 

17, 18, 20, 26 
Thomas-C. 39 
Thomas-Dye, 60 
Thomas-Spencer, 34 



;;i, 



37, 65, 



Timothy 

66 
Timothy-Allen, 67, 69 
Timothy- Julius, 69 
Timothy-N. 28 
Triphena, 66 
Trueman, 26 
Truman-Post, 47 
Tryphosa, 62 

U ' 

Uriah, 30 
Uriel, 33 
Ursula, 46 

W 

Wales, 27 
Walker, 61 
Wallace, 52 
Warner, 20 
Warren-Franklin, 51 
Welby-B. 62 
Willard, 36, 37 
William, 22, 26, 30, 32, 

33, 37, 38, 46, 52, 54, 

62 
William-Ashley, 24, 27, 

28 
William-Bissell, 68 
William-Brattle, 38 
William-Franklin, 47 
William-H. 62 
William-Henry, 54 
William- J. 22 
William- James, 47 
William-Mariam, 37 
William-Oliver, 47 
William-R. 57, 65 
William-Sebra, 49 
William-Sheldon, 63 
William-T. 49 
William-Tully, 48 
William-Uriel, 39 
William- Wallace, 70 
William- Winston, 37 
Wyman-Hulburd, 48 



69 



Zenos-Palmer, 
Zeri, 42, 46 
Zilpah, 35 



21 



FAMILY NAMES OTHER THAN BASCOM. 



Abel, Mary, 38 
Adams, Jane-Wells, 49 

Peleg, 49 
Allen r Abigail, 65 

Albert-Gallatin, 41 
'Alfred-Bascom, 41 
Aurelia, 41 
. Betsey, 43 
Charles-Jarvis, 41 
Cbloe, 41 

Clymena-Sophia, 41 
Eunice, 42 
Frederic-Ellsworth- 

Hunt, 41 
George-Anson, 41 
Grace-Eliza, 43 
Harriet-Chloe, 41 
Jonathan, 41, 43 
Jonathan-Cooley, 41 
Lizzie, 43 
Louis-Capet, 41 
Martha, 18 
Mary, 30 

Patrick- Wells, 41 
Paul-Jones, 43 
Samuel, 30 
Sarah-Louise, 43 
Sarah-R., 43 
Alvord, Anna, 43 

Benjamin, 17 
Elijah, 43 
Sarah, 34 
William, 34 
Anderson, Amelia, 54 
Andrews, Daniel-G., 27 

Lucy-F., 27 
Anthony, Eliza-Florilla, 37 
Ashley, Theodosia, 19 
Atherton, Abigail, 65 
Charlotte, 41 
Elvira, 41 
Mary, 41 
Mercy, 41 
Oliver, 41 
Zama, 41 
Atkins, Alvin-Z., 32 
Corinda, 32 
Eben-T., 32 
Jonathan-B., 32 
Rhoda, 32 
Phoda-C, 32 
Zenas, 32 
Atwood, Lovicy, 48 

Lovicy-Patience, 4 
Parker, 48 



Babbitt, Cornelia, 64 
Bacon, Betsey, 34 

Eliza-Sherwood, 62 



Bacon, Francis-W., 62 

Mina-F., 62 
Baker, Jane, 27 
Baldwin, Daniel-H., 44 

Katharine-Alice, 44 
Mary, 15 
Ball, Mary-A., 32 
Ballard, Almeda, 43 
Amariah, 49 
Charles, 43 
Elijah, 43 
Frank-Newton, 49 
Julia, 43 

Lizzie-Marinda, 49 
M.-P., 49 
Mary, 43 
Sophia, 43 
Theresa-L., 49 
Banks, Dorinda, 25 
Barnes, Sarah, 17 

Comfort, 17 
Bartlett, Almira, 03 

Benjamin, 17 
Charles-Burleigh, 58 
David, 30 
Edwin-Silas, 58 
Elizabeth, 30 
Fannie-Kelley, 58 
Henry-Lawrens, 58 
Henry-Luther, 58 
Luther, 58 
Mary, 58 
Mary- Ann, 58 
Mary-Louisa, 58 
Sarah-Jane, 58 
Bates, H.-H., 47 

Semanthe-Eunice, 47 
Beach, Mary, 24 
Beacher, Fidelia, 42 

Silas, 42 
Beale, Isaac, 17 
Beaumont, F., 25 

Harriet, 25 
Beckwith, Polly, 45 
Bell, Hannah, 57 
William, 57 
Bennett, Joseph, 34 
Sarah, 34 
Stephen, 34 
Bense, Maria, 33 
Bidleman, Rosanna, 56 
Bishop, Henry-Bascom, 61 

Maria-Eliza, 61 
Bissell, Calvin-Fitch, 66 
Dorcas, 68 
Elizabeth, 66 
Elvira, 27 
Esther, 66 
Jabez-Fitz, 66 
Livingston-Joseph, 66 
Eubie-Elvira, 66 



Bissell, Russell-Bascom, 66 

William, 68 
Blackmoor, Hannah, 26 
Blake, Catherine-Harding, 37 

Joel, 37 
Blandon, Cynthia, 42 
Daniel, 42 
Lemuel, 42 
Sally, 42 
Bliss, John, 29 
Lucina, 62 
Mary, 29 
Melissa, 38 
Boies, Anson, 19 

Charlotte, 19 
Theodosia, 19 
Booth, Jemimah, 65 
Bottom, Betsey, 50 
Boyle, Sarah-R., 43 
Brennan, Jane, 28 
Bridgman, Electa, 69 

John, 16 
Brooks, Bryant-Butler, 43 

Halbert-Greenleaf, 43 
Jane-Center, 43 
Jane-Frances, 43 
Jennie-Melissa, 43 
John, 43 
Mary- Amelia, 43 
Melissa-M., 43 
Nathaniel, 40 
Rebecca, 40 
Silas-Newton, 43 
Broughton, Hannah, 14 
John, 14 
Sarah, 14 
Thomas, 14 
Brown, Anna, 42 
Clara, 57 
Ebenezer, 39 
Electa, 69 
Ellen, 53 
Eunice, 38 
Frank-Dana, 53 
Hannah, 57 
Herbert-Eugene, 53 
James-S., 53 
Margaret, 57 
Richard, 57 
Selinda, 39 
Bruce, Alexander, 21 

Charity, 21 
Buell, Amos, 45 

Asenath, 45 
Barber, 45 
Chalker, 45 
Daniel, 42 
Emmons, 45 
Eunice, 42, 45 
Lois, 42 
Oliver, 42 



INDEX. 



75 



Buell, Rodolphus, 42 
Rufus, 42 
Phoebe, 42 
Sarah, 45 
Spedea, 45 
Bull, Edwin-W., 62 
3Iary-S., 62 
Mary-Sherwood, 62 
Bullock, Ellen-E., 23 

O.-W., 23 
Bundy, Lucy, 56 
Moses, 56 
Naomi, 56 
Burbank, Lucy, 37 
Burleigh, Sarah, 30 
Burrows, Melissa-M., 43 
Burton, Elisha, 34 
Mary, 34 
Bush, Laura, 48 
Bushnell, Sarah, 24 
Butler, Adeline-L., 50 
Emeliue, 67 

Butterfield, , 24 

Buttricks, Martha, 24 

C 

Caldwell, Almeda-H., 50 

Exsie-A., 50 

Mary-B., 50 

Rufus-K., 50 

Capers, F#-W., 57 

Hannah-Houk, 57 
Carr, Asenath-Louisa, 45 
Alice, 52 
Benjamin-F., 52 
Daniel-E., 45 
Fred-Porter, 52 
Nellie, 52 
Carter, Nancy, 53 
Case, Chester, 27 

Helen-C, 27 
Catlin, Hannah, 16 

John, 16 
Chapin, Caleb, 40 

Catherine, 40 
Consider, 40 
Cyrenius, 40 
Daniel, 51 
Elizabeth, 51 
Joanna, 51 
Mary, 51 
Philomela, 51 
Phineas, 51 
Rebecca, 40 
Zalmuna, 40 
Chase, Clement-Bascom, 52 
. Margaret-Ellen, 52 
Nelson, 52 
Cheny, Benjamin-F., 67 

Jane, 67 
Chipman, Benjamin, 32 

Delia, 32 
Chism, Osee-T., 61 
Chou, Amanda-C, 34 
Church, Canelice, 22 

John, 22 
Clapp, Charles-C, 35 
Lucy- Ann, 35 
Mindwell, 55 
Perez, 55 
Rachel, 55 
Timothy, 55 
Clark, Abner-P., 58 

Alice-Bascom, 63 
Ann-Edwards, 58 
Armena, 58 
Betsy, 33 

Charles- Whitney, 63 
Clara-E., 22 
Cynthia, 63 
Eliza, 22 



Clark, Elizabeth, 47, 48 
Freedom, 56 
Hiram, 22 
Jonathan, 56 
Mary, 58 

Mary-Bascom, 58 
Nellie-Sophronia, 63 
O. M., 22 
Oliver, 58 
Silas-Dickinson, 63 
Sophronia-Amanda, 63 
Clary, Rebecca, 40 
Cleveland, Ellen-P., 39 

W.-P., 39 
Cobb, Alfred-P., 50 

Emmagene-R., 50 
Horace, 47 
James-B., 47 
Louise-P., 50 
Mary-L., 50 
Thankful, 47 
Wiiliam-H., 47 
Collins, Daniel,-Jr., 56, 58 ' 
Emily, 56 
Geo. -Egbert, 58 
Sarah, 58 
Sarah-Ellen, 58 
William-Morris, 58 
Cook, Experance, 20 
John, 20, 21 
Mary-Ann, 21 
Sophia, 20 
Cooper, Ada-Lois, 52 

Betha-Marion, 52 
Catherine, 52 
Etta-Earle, 52 
Hubbard, 52 
Crane, Altha, 27 

Robert, 27 
Crocker, Arthur, 32 
Tempe, 32 
Crowell, John, 32 

Rebecca, 32 
Rhoda, 32 
Tempy, 32 
Cruett, Cassandra, 57 
Curtis, Jane-Ann, 62 
Mary-E., 62 
Ruth, 16 
William-B., 62 
William- W., 62 
Curtiss, Emma, 25 
Cutler, Charles-C.-P., 18 
Frazier, 17 
Joseph, 17 
Lydia, 17, 18 
Newel, 18 
Polly, 17 
Thomas, 18 
Cutis, Anna, 42 

Daniel-Buell, 42 
Edward, 42 
Elias-Bascom, 42 
Eliza, 42 
Emeline, 42 
Eunice-Bascom, 45 
Eunice-Caroline, 42 
Fannie, 42 
Fidelia, 42 
George- W., 45 
Ira-Bascom, 42 
Linus- Aurelian, 42 
Lorrain, 42 
Lucy, 42 
Margaret, 42 
Mary-Melissa, 42 
Philomela, 42 
Sally, 42 
Thomas, 42 
William, 42 



D 

Dada, Armena, 58 
Lemuel, 58 
Dailey, Jennie, 62 
M.-H., 62 
Mary, 62 
Mary-Craig, 62 
Danforth, Armena. 58 

Joel, 58 
Daniels, Rebecca, 37 
Davidson, Caroline, 35 

Hannah-Field, 21 
John-M., 35 
Titus, 21, 
Day, James, 21 

Mary-Elizabeth, 21 
DeGolia, Anthony, 20 

Mary-Jane, 20 
Densmore, Tryphosa, 62 
DeRumple, Luke, 66 
Sarah, 66 
Devon, Jane, 23 
John, 23 
Dexter, Allen, 66 
Avery, 66 
Charles, 66 
Chester-Bascom, 66 
Hadassa, 66 
Irena, 66 
Lucinda, 66 
Salina, 66 
Saphronia, 66 
Dinwiddie, Letitia, 61 
Dogge, Eunice, 28 
Downs, Elizabeth, 36 
Drury, Caroline, 22 
Jacob-K., 22 
Dryden, Harriet, 50 

E 

Eames, Esther, 68 

Edwards, Abigail, 58 
Edmund, 58 
Frances, 57 
Melzar, 57 

Ellis, Rachel, 57 

Elmore, Philenia, 67 

Evans, Sophia, 70 

Everts, George, 25 

Martha-M., 25 

Ewing, Jno., 57 

Margaret, 57 



Fairbanks, Asa, 37 

Betsy, 37 
Farnham, Lucretia, 46 
Farnsworth, Minerva, 50 
Farr, Esther- A., 57 

Wells, 57 
Farrington, Mariam-F., 37 
Ferguson, Jane, 23 

Reuben, 23 
Fields, Martha, 18 
Fingsley, Fannie, 42 
FisU, Julia-Ann, 67 

Samuel, 67 
Fisher, Isaac, 42 
Lucy, 42 
Fitch, Dolly, 69 
Fleming, James, 23 

Mary- A., 23 
Fletcher, Asa, 42 

Sally, 42 
Fobes, Helen, 36 
Foster, Amos, 35 

Amos-Bascom, 35 
Eliza, 35 
Joel, 44 
Lydia, 26 
Priscilla-Elvira, 44 



76 



INDEX c 



Freeman, Betty, 31 

Mary- Ann, 36 
Z.-P., 36 
French, Elizabeth, 29, 31 
John, 31 



Gannett, Caleb, 38 

John-Mico, 38 
John-Palsgrave, 38 
John-Stiles, 38 
Katherine, 38 
Katherine-Brattle, 37 
Mary, 38 
Tempe-Eliza, 38 
William- Wyllys, 38 
Gary, Azuba, 26 

John, 26 
Gates, Adaline, 66 
Cadmus, 66 
Elizabeth, 66 
Minerva, 66 
Paul, 66 
Samuel, 66 
Sophia, 66 
Zuriah, 66 
Gee, Lucinda, 68 
Geralds, Caroline, 26 • 

John, 26 
Gibbs, Betsey-Harriet, 34 
Elijah-B., 26 
Eliza-Anne, 34 
Erasmus-D., 34 
Hiram, 34 
Hiram-B., 34 
Hiram-W., 34 
Irene-E., 34 
Julia-Ann, 26 
Gilbert, Albert-M., 38 
Helen-W., 38 
Gillett, Griswold, 33 
Henry, 20 
Martha, 20 
Rebecca, 21 
Sophia, 33 
William, 21 
Gilligan, Hannah, 20 
Matthew, 20 
Goal, Marian, 34 
Goodrich, Ursula, 46 
Gorham, Jeptha, 25 

Ruth- Ann, 25 
Gould, Rebecca, 36 
Gourley, Margaret, 42 
Grace, Susan-Amorette, 68 
Grant, Levi-C, 38 
Mary-E., 38 
Graves, Thankful, 42 
Gray, Jane, 23 
Greenleaf, Halbert-S., 43 

Jane-Frances, 43 
Griswold, Abigail, 46 

Alexander, 30 
Alexander-H., 30 
Alice, 30 
Almira, 30 
Asaph, 30 
Eliuu, 30 
Elizabeth, 35 
Laura-E., 30 
Moses, 35 
Patience, 49 
Roger, 46 
Guilford, Amy-L., 51 
Mary-M., 51 



Hall, Abigail, 32, 65 
Charles, 32 
Charles-Bascom, 32 
Clarissa, 32 



Hall, Delia, 32 

Elisha, 32 ^ 
Hannah, 65 
John, 65 
Jonathan, 32 
Jonathan-Bascom', 32 
Lemuel-Bascom, 65 
Loren, 65 
Mary- A., 32 
Rhoda, 66 
Tempe, 32 
Theresa, 65 
Hardee, Benjamin-H., 44 

Eliza-Eastman, 44 
Harding, Sally, 37 
Harrington, Charles-A., 27 
Charles-F., 27 
Charlotte, 24 
Elvira-A., 27 
Frank- Wales, 27 
Helena, 24, 27 
William, 24, 27 
Ziba, 24 
Harris, Edward-Doubleday, 38 
Katherine-B rattle, 38 
Hartwell, Lucy, 67 

Samuel-N., 67 
Hassan, Elizabeth, 57 

William-E., 57 
Hastings, Eunice, 65 
Lemuel, 65 
Hatch, Betsey, 57 
Emily, 56 
Lucy, 56 
Moses, 56 
Haven, Kitridge, 49 
Martha, 49 
Ruth, 49 
Haywood, Betsey, 26 
Josiah, 26 
Henry, Mary-Electa, 69 

William-C, 69 
Henshaw, Ruth, 44 

William, 44 
Hevener, Sophia, 54 
Hicks, Josephine L., 68 
Hidden, Lucretia-C, 63 
Higlev, Mary, 67 
Hill, Julia-E., 23 
Roderick, 23 
Hilliard, Mary-L., 50 

Nelson, 50 
Hinman, Lucy, 53 
Holbrook, Mary-Ann, 37 
Holly, Charlotte, 48 
Holman, Sally, 44 
Silas, 44 
Holten, William, 14, 16 
Hosmer, Caroline-P., 41 
Clyniene-C., 41 
Eldad, 41 
Experience, 41 
Harriet- A., 41 
Joseph-B., 41 
Lysauder-B., 41 
Mary-H., 41 
Rowena-E., 41 
Sarah-E., 41 
Houk, George, 56 
Hannah, 56 
Rosanna, 56 
Houston, Sarah-J., 70 
Howard, Clorinda, 47 

Samuel, 47 
Howes, Olive, 30 

Thomas, 30 
Howlaud, Experience, 40 
John, 65 
Naomi, 65 
Howlett, Polly, 33 
Hoxie, Fanny, 34 



Hoxie, John, 34 
Hoyt, Frank-Elwin, 52 

Harriet, 52 

Moses, 52 
Hulbert, Abigail-Kay, 58 
Hulburd, Chloe, 47 
Hunt, Albinus, 20 

Caroline, 21 

Elizabeth, 35 

Harriet-N., 20 

John-, 35 

Lucy, 21 

Maryette-C, 21 

Reuben, 21 

Thomas, 21 
Hunter, Fordyce, 50 

Mary-Bascom, 50 
Minnie-D., 50 
Selima-Rhocla, 50 
Hurd, Asenath-Louisa, 45 

Caroline, 45 

Caroline- Viletta, 45 

Cynthia-Philena, 45 

Erastus, 45 

Georgiana- Augusta, 45 

Loren-Bascom, 45 

Lydia, 45 

Moses, 45 
Hyde, Jabez, 18 

John, 30 

Mary, 18 

Olive, 30 

Rebecca, 69 

Thankful, 33 



Ingersoll, Abiah, 14 

Abigail, 14 

Hester, 14 

John, 14 

Sarah, 14 

Thomas, 14 

Ingraham, Elizabeth, ; 



Janes, Benjamin, 14 
Hannah, 14 
Hepzibah, 14 
Horace, 45 
Lucretia, 45 
Samuel, 14 
William, 14 
Jewett, Sarah-M., 35 
Johnson, Addison, 50 
Alfred- A., 50 
Almira-S., 50 
Henrv-H., 50 
Isabella-E., 50 
Jane-E., 50 
Josie-A., 50 
Maria- A., 50 
Mary-L., 50 
Johnston, Emily, 60 
Jori*es, Esther, 66 

Fanny-M., 61 
John-R.,61 
Joslin, Ann-J., 70 
Judah, Martha-F., 21 
Winepark, 21 
Judd, Esther, 66 
Hannah, 16 
Thomas, 16, 66 

K 

Keith, Clarissa, 70 
Kellogg, Benjamin, 62 

Lucinda- A., 62 
Kelsey, Ellen, 52 
Kempton, Sophia, 52 
Kennedy, Margaret-Ann, 35 
Robert-!., 35 



4 
INDEX. 



Ketchum, Elezer, 65 

Jerusha, 65 
Kidder, Mary-Jackson, 38 

Thomas, 38 
Kiff, John-M., 68 
Susanna, 68 
King, Almira, 34 
Gayius, 34 
George, 34 
Lurati, 34 
Martha, 19 
Mindwell, 55 
Seth, 19 
William, 34 
Kinnie, Amelia- W., 22 
Ashobe, 22 
Henry-D., 22 
Knight, Betsey- W., 63 
Knowles, Temperance, 31 
Willard, 31 



Laham, P., 34 

Harriet-Elizabeth, 34 
Lamberton, Marion-B., 28 
Lampman, Alexander, 26 

Sarah, 26 
Lanman, George-C, 53 
Lucy-Jane, 53 
Leach, Jennie, 62 
Leseur, Benjamin, 37 
Polly, 37 
y^illeston, Martha-Andrews, 60 
Liscomb, Philenia, 67 

Philip, 67 
Littlefield, Sarah-A., 64 
Longnecker, Mary-E., 63 
Loomis, Artemas, 56 
Asenath, 56 
Loveland, Chester, 40 
Drucilla, 40 
Eunice, 40, 44 
Epaphroditus, 40 
Ezekiel, 40 
Lysander, 40 
Malachi, 40 
Moses, 40 
Otis, 40 
Rebecca, 40 
Koger, 40 
Luther, Jane-O., 57 
William, 57 
Lyman, Abner, 29 

Experience, 14, 40 
Hepzibah, 14 
John, 14, 29 
Preserved, 14 
Robert, 14 
Sarah, 14 
Seth, 40 
Thankful, 14 
Thomas, 14, 15 
Wait, 14 

M 

Mallery, Allen, 24 
Sarah, 24 
Marble, John, 18 

Martha, 18 
Marsh, Rebecca, 66 
Martindale, Minerva-Smead, 6e 
Mason. Abigail, 36 
Joseph, 36 
Joseph-B., 36 
Timothy, 36 
McCallum, Janette, 62 
Marv, 62 
Peter, 62 
McCarty, John, 67 

Hannah, 67 
McCune, Mary, 34 *f 



McHenry, Mary-Ellen, 63 
William, 63 

McNeil, Hannah, 68 
Thomas, 68 

Messer, Eliza, 42 
M.-E., 42 

Miles, Asa, 44 
Ruth, 44 

Moody, Abby, 53 

Leonard-T., 53 
Wallace-Elmont, 53 

Moore, Cordelia-Thankful 64 
Henry-Hudson, 64 
Marquis-D., 64 

Morey, Charlotte, 22 
Harris, 22 

Morgan, Elias, 34 
Lovina, 34 

Morrell, Sarah-A., 64 

Morse, Nancy -B., 37 

Moss, Emma, 54 

Munn, Rhoda, 49 

Murray, Asahel, 45 

Charles-R., 45 
Cynthia, 42 
David, 44 
Edward-B., 45 
Emeline, 42, 44 
Emily, 48 
Harriet-N., 44 
Jonathan, 44 
Lucretia-B., 44 
Mabel, 46 
Martin, 45 
Orson-S., 44 
Rebecca-B., 44 
Roselinda, 44 
Thankful-P.,44 

Myers, David, 33 

Elizabeth, 33, 62 

N 
Nash, Daniel, 40 

Eunice, 40, 41 
Experience, 40, 41 
John, 40 
Joseph, 40 
Moses-Bascom, 41 
Phiny, 40 
Rebecca, 40 
Remembrance, 40 
Timothy, 40 
Newell, Abigall-W., 27 
Caroline, 27, 28 
Caroline-E.', 28 
Mary, 15 
Thomas, 15 
Timothy, 27, 28 
Newhall, Frances-A., 63 
Newton, Chloe, 50 

Esther, 49 
Nichols, Jane, 62 
Nickerson, Hugh, 64 
Mary, 64 
Sarah, 64 
Nobles, Matilda, 53 
Northam, Ebenezer, 30 

Rachel, 30 
Norton, Adelaide, 27 
Altheda-S., 27 
Harriet-A., 27 
Orlo-D., 27 
William-S., 27 
Norwood, Anna-M., 50 
Noyes, Amos, 45 

Asenath, 45 

O 
Otis, Henry-H., 28 

Marv- Louisa, 28 
s, Mary-N., 59 



Owings, Thomas-Dye, 59 



Page, Clarissa, 23 
Tempe, 37 
William, 37 
Palmer, Abigail, 22 
Lydia, 21 
Zenos, 21 
Parks, Irene, 56 

Nathan, 56 
Parsons, Experience, 17 

Joseph, 14 
Pate, John, 34 
Sarah, 34 
Patterson, Mary, 65 
Pearce, Emily, 60 

Samuel, 60 
Pelton, Anna, 26 
Persons, Mary-Melissa, 42 

Salmon, 42 
Philbrick, Edward-Hall, 44 
Eliza- Eastman, 44 
Ellen-Holman, 44 
Elvira-Priscilla, 44 
Henry- Waring, 44 
Katherine-Alice, 44 
Lysander-Bascom, 44 
Samuel, 44 
Samuel-Gilman, 44 
Phillips, Adeline, 68 
Alvah-O, 41 
Charles-O, 68 f 

Daniel, 41 
Daniel-A., 41 
Deborah, 41 
Elvira, 41 
Emerancy. 41 
Huldah-T., 41 
Israel, 41 
Israel-B., 41 
John-T., 41 
Joseph, 41 
Lysander-E., 41 
Martha, 41 
Mercy, 41 
Moses, 41 
Moses-B., 41 
Noble-P., 41 
Rachel, 41 
Rhoderick, 41 
Rufus-S.,41 
Simon-C, 41 
Pierce, Elisha, 46 
Olive, 46 
Ruel-B., 46 
Pike, Lovina, 52 
Plumb, Sallv-Maria, 68 
Polk, Lydia, 32 
Pomeroy, Irene, 56 
Isaac, 56 
Medad, 14, 15, 16 
Ruth-S., 39 
Post, Charles, 54 
Electa, 54 
Julia, 54 
Prouty, Emeline, 23 
Luther-S., 23 
Purdy, Edmund, 18 

Fanny, 18 
Purple, Eliza, 49 

R 

Ramsdill, Olive, 69 
Ranson, Harriet-Matilda, 46 

Horace-Bascom, 46 

James- J., 46 

Matilda, 46 

S.-S.,46 
Rathbun, Daniel, 46 
Emeline, 46 



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INDEX. 



Kathbun, Horace, 46 
Olive, 46 
Zeri, 46 
Raynolds, Martha, 19 
Reed, Eunice, 18 
Rich, Charlotte, 48 
Gasca, 48, 49 
Irving-Bascom, 49 
Laura-Lorain, 49 
Romeo-Bascom, 48 
Richards, Jane, 27 
Richardson, Mary, 57 
Rider, Hannah, 64 
Roberts, Caroline-Elizabeth, 53 
Horace-S., 53 
Sybyl, 32 
Robinson, Arad, 36 
Betsey, 36 
Nelson, 36 
Roxcena, 36 
Rockwell, Caroline- Viletta, 45 

George, 45 
Rogers, Mary, 52 
Roe, Anna-Maria, 20 

Philip-F., 20 
Rood, David, 28 
Ruth, 28 
Root, A., 30 

Mary, 17 

Sarah, 30 

Royce, Levi, 45 

Philomela, 45 
Rucker, Ann-Maria, 60 

George, 60 

Ryder, John-C, 32 

Rebecca, 32 

Rebecca-C, 32 

Richard, 32 



Sackett, Charles, 20 
Saloma, 20 
Sackrider, Clarissa, 20 
Safford, Alonzo, 47 

Clorinda, 47 
Sanborn, Emily, 51 
Sanderson, Hannah, 22 
Sanford, Clark, 42, 47 
Emily, 47 
Lucinda, 42, 47 
William-Riley, 47 
Sartwell, Betsey, 36 
Hiram, 36 
Saunders, Betsy, 67 
Schueller, Abbie-K.-P., 39 
J.-M., 39 
John-Luman, 39 
Mary-Eveline, 39 
Susan-Elizabeth, 39 
Scott, Charlotte, 27 

Sarah, 60 
Scovill, Clarissa, 54 

Jesse, 54 
Searl, Abigail, 58 
Ansel, 58 
Edmund, 58 
Fanny, 68 
Sarah, 26 
Searle, Lucy-L., 70 

George-H., 67 
Mary-B., 67 
Sears, Clarissa, 32 
Phoebe, 31 
Stephen, 32 
Seely, Anna-Maria, 20 
Betsey, 57 
Carlton- W., 57 
Clarissa-Bascoin, 20 
Darius- Edgar, 20 
Gaius-F., 20 
Hanford-Hoyt, 20 



Seely, Harriet-Newell, 20 
Holly, 20 
Mary, 20 
Mary-Jane, 20 
Warren-K., 20 
Severance, Eunice, 40 

Sarah, 40 
Shattuck, Esther, 34 
Shearer, Pamelia, 36 
Sheldon, Anna, 43 
Israel, 56 
Lucy, 56 
Mary, 16 
Naomi, 56 
Noah, 16, 29 
Shepard, Dorinda, 25 
Sherwin, Eli, 50 

Jane-E., 50 
Sherwood, Eliza, 61 
Isaac, 61 
Shipman, Elizabeth, 56 
Slack, Esther, 46 
Smalley, Susannah, 65 

William, 65 
Smith, Ann-H., 68 
Anna, 42 
» Clarissa, 22 

Clarissa-Eudora, 70 
Dexter-Munroe, 70 
Frances, 53 
Freedom, 57 
John-W., 57 
Kate-Auzella, 70 
Lucy, 42 
Lydia, 62 
Lydia-P., 50 
Patterson, 22 
Samuel-G., 70 
Sparhawk, Elizabeth-B., 39 

Jonathan, 39 
Spencer, Phcebe-A., 39 
Spicer, Elvira, 36 
Spooner, Zuriah, 66 
Sprague, Ira, 32 

Thankful, 32 
Sprecher, Susanna, 23 
Stearns, Harriet-Martha, 22 

Horace, 22 
Stebbins, Benjamin, 16, 17 
Caroline, 67 
Julia-C, 67 
Lockhart-W., 67 
Lucy, 67 
Mary-B., 67 
Steger, Anna-C, 46 
St. John, Mary- J., 67 
Stetler, Jane, 23 
Stevens, Rebecca, 44 
Stewart, Hannah, 36 
Stone, Hannah, 19 

Hannah-Elizabeth, 38 
Stowe, Mary-Hildreth, 38 
Streeter, Hannah, 38 
Strong, Anne-F., 47 
Eunice, 30 
Joel, 30 
John, 30 
Thankful, 30, 64 
Sweatman, Abraham, 20 

Nancy, 20 
Swift, Eunice-Caroline, 42 

Philetus, 42 
Switcher, Anna, 19 
Swycher, Leah, 19 



Tanner, Almira, 51 
Taylor, Calvin, 67 

John, 31 

Mary-Abigail, 67 

Phoebe, 31 



Taylor, Sarah-S., 54 
Temple, T.-M., 28 
Tenney, Hannah, 52 
Henry-C, 67 
Julia-C, 67 
Temperance, 52 
Terwileger, Emily, 62 
Thayer, Cordelia-Jane, 28 
Thompson, Charles-Day, 29 

Charlotte-Helen, 29 
Nancy, 53 
Thurber, Albert-L.. 69 

Ellen-L., 69 
Tichner, Lydia, 27 

Myron-H., 27 
Sophronia-M., 27 
Tolman, Lucretia, 44 
Tompkins, Adelia-S., 35 
William, 35 
Torrey, Lucy, 58 

Ripley, 58 
Town, Daniel-J., 35 
Diana, 35 
Ezra-L., 35 
Job, 35 
Zilpah, 35 
Towne, Kate-E., 34 
Tucker, Martha, 34 
Tupper, Orpha, 24 

Reuben, 24 
Turner, Olive, 66 
Otis, 66 

U 

Upham, Experience-S., 50 
James, 50 



Van Antwerp, E., 59 
Vanhorn, Sarah, 53 
Vanluven, Harriet, 54 
Vbannaha, Frances-Mary, 26 

W 

Wales, Eleazer, 24 
Helena, 24 
Walker, Abigail, 39 

Amanda-M., 51 
Ward, Elizabeth, 30 

Uriah, 30 
Warner, Harriet-Naomi, 53 
Jane, 35 
Willice, 53 
Warriner, Alfred, 63 

Elvira-Bethia, 63 
Washburn, Caroline, 22 
Cyrus-D., 69 
Edwin-D., 69 
Eliab, 22 
Elizabeth, 69 
Franklin-B., 69 
Percy-F., 69 
Watros, Ruth, 32 
Watson, Lucy- Ann, 35 
Samuel-B., 35 
Webster, Abigail, 29 
Agnes, 29 
John, 29 
Thankful, 29 
Thomas, 29 
Wells, Electa, 43 
Hannah, 65 
Helen-D., 53 
Joel, 65 
Samuel, 43 
Wendell, Katherine, 38 
Wentworth, Abigail, 31 
Melzer, 31 
Westcott, Helen-Maria, 20 
John, 20 
eelock, Eli, 38 



Whe 



INDEX. 



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Wheelock, Hannah, 38 
Hiram, 38 
Katherine-B., 38 
White, Henry, 31 
Horace, 22 
John, 53 
Martha, 16 
Naomi, 53 
Nathaniel, 16 
Rachel, 31 
Rhoda, 22 
Wilson, 53 
Whittier, Cynthia-Philena, 45 
Edgar-Simeon, 45 
Emma-Jane, 45 
Henry -Marty n, 45 
Mary-B., 45 
Simeon, 45 
Whittington, Arkie-D., 28 
Jane,- 28 
John, 28 
Wilcox, Abigail, 30 
Abraham, 30 
Daniel, 30 
Elizabeth, 30 
Elvira-Priscilla, 47 
Ephraim, 3© 
Linus, 47 
Mary, 30 



Wilcutt, Rebecca, 20 
Wilder, Ann-Maria, 64 

George-Dwight, 64 
George-G., 64 
Willard, Emerancy-Climene, 

Jonathan, 43 
Willey, Anna-C, 46 
Williams, Charles, 47 

Elizabeth, 32 
Esther, 56 
Helen-Maria, 20 
James, 20 
Lucy, 46 
Mary, 32, 38 
Paulina, 46 
Seraphine, 20 
Stephen, 46 
Winston, Rosetta, 37 
Wood, Almon, 34 
Ansel-B., 20 
Clarissa-B., 20 
Florilla, 34 
Glen, 51 
Goodwin, 37 
Philomela-Chapin, 51 
Roxcena, 35 
Sally, 37 
Woodbridge, Laura, 25 
Moses, 25 



43 



Worden, Harriet, 67 
Workman, Anna-Mills, 54 
Wright, Asahel, 19 

Almira, 45 

Benjamin, 42 

Benjamin-Shed, 45 

Charles, 19 

Charles B., 19 

Eunice-Bascom, 45 

Fanny, 19 

Frances-Charlotte, 19 

Harriet, 45 

Henry, 19 

Jerham, 32 

Joel, 45 

John-Bascom, 19 

Lewis, 20 

Lydia, 32 

Miranda, 22 

Nancy, 20 

Rebecca, 42 

Reuben, 42 

Seraph-Ann, 20 

Susan, 33 
Wyllys, Mary, 38 



Young, Lucretia-Olcott, 47 



To the Descendants of Deacon Elias Bascom, of 
Orwell, Vt. 



On receiving the " Bascom Genealogy," by E. D. Harris, and care- 
fully perusing it, I concluded to correct some mistakes in, aDd add some- 
thing to, the history of our grandfather, — give the families of our sisters 
in full, include som i important omissions, and also give the marriages and 
deaths in our brother's families, since the record was sent Mr. Harris, 
bringing it up to 1871. /#^/#/Mj^/&^7^ 

Wright's 40 vis. I also decided to include our aunt's families, as none of them 
were given in full except Aunt Cutts'. Thus we should have in the sup- 
plement all of our cousins that were not in the/oook. Additions to the de- 
scendants ot some of the uncle's families have also been inserted, and as 
our grandfather lived more than 30 years at my father's, I have placed our 
family next to him. All the others are arranged in the order of theL 
births. I designed to re print nothing that was in the book, and prepared 
the supplement accordingly, referring to numbers in the book. Inquiries 
were repeatedly made, asking where the book could be obtained. But 
learniug from Mr. Harris, that no more copies were to be had, I changed 
my plan somewhat, repeating names and dates to make it intelligible, to 
those who had not the book, but still retained references to the numbers, 
for the convenience of those who had it. Hoping it will interest those who 
receive it, as much as it has me while preparing it, I now send it forth for 
your perusal. Clarinda (Bascom) Safford. 

Kalamazoo, Michigan, Sept 27, 1871. 

We learn from the " Genealogy," that our ancestor, Thomas Bascom, 
came to this country,probably from England, about 1634, when he was at 
Dorchester, Mass. In 1639, he removed to Windsor, Conn., from thence 
to Northampton, Mass., where he d. May, 9, 1682 His wife, Avis, d. 
Feb. 3, 1676. They had a son and 3 daughters ; their son, Thomas, Jun., 
b. at Windsor, Feb. 20, 1642 ; m. March 20, 1667, Mary Newell, of Far- 
mington, (one says Mary Baldwin, but finding the name of Jewell among 
their descendants, I infer that was her name.) He d. at Northampton, 
Sept. 11, 1689. They had two sons, Thomas and John. Thomas, 3d, our 
ancestor, b. about 1 668 ; m. Hannah Catlin, of Doerfield He d. at the 
homestead, in Northampton, Feb. 3, 1714. They had 4 sous, 
Samuel, Ezeh'el, Jonathan aud Joseph, and 4 daughters that 
lived to marry. Hannah m. Judd ; Ruth m. Curtis; Mary m. Sheldon; 
Martha m. Nathaniel White, Jr., of South Hadley. Ezekiel, our ances- 
tor, b. at Northampton, Nov. 22, 1700 ; m. March 6, 1728, Sarah Sever- 



2 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. [SUPPLEMENT. ] 

ance. She died at Deerfield, Sept. 9, 1729. He m. May 23, 1734, Rebecca 
Clary. He d. at Greenfield 1746, and Oct. 25, 1750, she m. Nathaniel 
Brooks, who was carried captive by the Indians to Canada, and there d. 
She d. at Greenfield, April lj2, ,J776. Their children were : — 

1. Moses; 2. E 1 ias f*3, I|eJ)ecca, who m. C. Chapin ; 4. Ezekiel Jr.- 
Elias, b. May, 8, 1738,* at Hatfield ; resided successively at Hatfield' 
Hadley, Deerfield, and Northfield, Mass., where he settled in Dec'. 
1760. He eq. March 13, 1761, Eunice Allen, of Deerfield. She was the 
mother of all his children. He removed in 1779 to Newport N. H., and in 
1792 to Orwell, Vt., where soon after his wife died; he then m. Thankful 
Graves, of Greenfield, Mass., (a cousin of his first wife's, their mothers 
were sisters ;) he d. Nov. 29. 1833. She lived several years after, and d. 
at the age (1 think) of 83. His sons were Elias, who m. Rebecca Stevens, 
and lived in Newport, N. H., until 1792, when he i sieved to Orwell, Vt..' 
and d. there. Reuben married Lydia Hurd, lived and d in Newport. Jo- 
seph m. Esther Slack, of Hopewell. N. J., lived in Newport until after her 
death in 1813 ; he then m. Mrs. Lucretia (Griswold) Farnham, of Benson 
Vt., removed there, and d. there. Zeri m. Mabel Murray, lived in Orwell, 
until 1816, removed to Parma, now Ogden, N. Y., thence to Adrian, Mich, 
where he d. Dorus m. Chloe Hulburd ; both lived and d. in Orwell. Eli- 
sha m. 1st, Charlotte Holly, of Cornwall, A r t. ; 2d. Laura Bush, of Shore- 
ham, where they lived and d. Ira m. Patience Griswold, of Benson, was a 
practicing physician in Granville and Whitehall, N. Y., and in Orwell, 
where he d. 



367. Our grandfather said his ancestors came from England a few 
years after the first settlers, and that there were three brothers of them. — 
He was in the battle of Saratoga, as a volunteer soldier from Northfield, 
Mass, actively engaged until its close. While an apprentice to a clothier, 
and during a season of poor health, he learned to weave, and when too old 
for farm work, (which was his occupation in Vermont,) he asked for a loom 
for exercise, and continued to weave until he was nearly eighty years old — 
he was never willing to be idle. He took a deep interest in both Home 
and Foreign Missions, said he could now see how the Prophecies were to be 
fulfilled and the Gospsl sent to all natious. When the Missionary Herald 
came it was read first to him. He was so strictly temperate that when past 
ninety years old, he objected to a second pint of gin prescribed by his phy- 
sician for dropsy in the chest, saying he reared he should learn to like it. — 
In 1829, he headed the family list of names for the first temperance society 
formed in the town. When Lucinda his youngest daughter, was married in 
1818, he had ninety-nine living descendants. When past ninety, his old- 
est grand-child, Mrs, Roselinda (Bascom) Murray, [407] visited him with 
her oldest son, (Orson Murray,) and his first child. He seemed quite 
pleased with the boy, and fondly caressing him, said he never expected to 
live to see the fifth generation. Not long before his death, his daughter, 
Rebecca, (Mrs. Wright,) visited him ; he had not seen her for a long time, 
and she tried in vain to bring to his mind the remembrance of his ever hav- 
ing had such a daughter. Grandmother then asked him if he knew who 
Jesus Christ was ? " Oh, yes I" he exclaimed, " he is my Redeemer/, 



TEOMAS BASCOM ANE HIS DESCENDANTS. [SUPPLEMENT.] 3 

387. The following are correctioDS and additions to the family record, 
as contained in the genealogy of Dorus, who so wrote his name and was al- 
ways called, though he was baptized Artimedorus, (grandfather said he 
found the name in history and liked it,) was b. at Northfield, Mass.; Dec. 19, 
17#4; he m. Chloe Hulburd, March 11, 1800 ; he d. Aug. 26, 1841 ; she 
d. Oct. 1, 1851. I never saw him angry or heard him speak a harsh word. 

4-12. Thankful, eldest dan., b. Dec. 2o, 1800; united with the 
church before she was 10 years old. In her 13th year, while in school at 
Middlebury, she declined without the least hesitancy, the invitation to the 
commencement ball, though most of the ether lady boarders accepted it ; 
m. Oct. 17. 1820, Horace Cobb, of O., b. Pawlet, Vt , March 2, 1796. She 
d. from inflamation of the lungs. Feb. 19, 1829 ; he d. at Brighton, Monroe 
Co., N. Y., May 16, 1848. Their children, all b. in Orwell, were : 

1. James-Brewer. b May 18, 1823. In 1834, he removed 
with his father to Brighton, Monroe Co., N. Y. In 1845, 
returned to Vermont, and spent 4 years in Fairhaven as agent 
for a. paper mill c mpany there. He returned to Brighton, and there 
m. Jan. 23, 1851, Helen M. McCall, b. Jan. 22, 182 1, at Hebron, 
N. Y". In 1854. they removed to Kalamazoo, Mich., where they now re- 
side : both are members of the 1st Presbyterian Church. In 1862, he was 
elected from Kalamazoo Co., Representative to the State Legislature, for 
the term of two years. In 1861, he. was re elected for another term. — 
Their children are : — 1. Helen-Isabella, b. Brighton, June 17, 1853; d. at 
B., April I, 1854. 2. Annie-Louise, b. Kalamazoo, Nov. 28, 1855.; d. 
Nov. 7, 1869 — a lovely flower nipped in its bloom. 3 and 4. Gertrude-Laura 
and Maude-May, twins, b. Jan. 12, 1858. 5 and 6. Alice Campbell and 
Carlos McCall, twins, b. May 15, 1861. 

2. Willi am- Henry, b. Nov. 1, 1825 ; removed with his father to 
Brighton, and m. Sept. 2 L, 1850, Laura-Ann Wilson, b. Feb. ^, 182#, in 
B. They removed in 1854, to Portage, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., where they 
now reside ; he is a member of the 1st Presbyterian Church, in Kalamazoo. 
Their children are : — 

1. Horace-Edwin, b. in Brighton, Jan. 18, 1851. 2. Charles-Oscar, 
b. Feb. 28, 185£. in Portage. 3. William- Henry, b. March 2. 1857; d. 
May 20, 1858. I. James-Bascom, b. July 14, 1858. 5. Harriet-Thank- 
ful, b. April 28. 1860 

3. John, b. Dec. 27, 1827; d. Sept. 16, 1829. He is buried in Or- 
well, beside his mother. 

413. Priscilla-Elvira, 2d dau., b. March 7, 1802, (was named at 
ter Priscilla-Elvira Foster, who m. Rev. Ezekiel-Lysander Bascom, visited 
Orwell, and d. the next } T ear.) She took the premium, (Life of Fenelon. ) 
in the 2d clabs of the Ladies' School in Middlebury, soon after she was 11 
years of age. She in. March 10, 1822, Linus, son of Ebeuezer and Thank- 
ful (Stevens) Wilcox, of Orwell ; b. Jan. 21,1799. She d. March 15, 
1831, from inflamation cf the lungs ; he d. Dec. 12, 1808. Their children 
were:-l. a son. 2. a dau., who both d. in infancy; they sleep beside 
th-ir mother. 3. Orville, b. July 30, 1826; m. in 1851, Sarah C. 
Sprague of Claremont, N H, They were several years at Excelsior, Minn. ; 



4 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. [SUPPLEMENT.] 

now live at Udica, Livingston Co., Mo. Their children are : Eugene, Ella 
Stephen -Coffran and Enima-Sprague. 

4. Carlos, b, Juue 29, 1829; he entered in 1850, the Vermont 
University, at Burlington. In 1854, he went to Minneapolis, Minn., 
where hem. May 12, 1857, Mary Sayrs Burgess, b. March 17, 1833, at 
South Bainbridge, N. Y. They went to N. Y. City in 1857, to Cuba, Mo , 
in 1859, and to St. Louis, in 1861, where for three years he was in govern- 
ment service. In 1865, he went to St. Francisville, Parish of West Feli- 
ciana, where he was active in the re-construction of the country. In 1868, 
was elected Senator from the 12th District — Parishes East and West Fe- 
liciana, and Point Coupee ; term expires in 1872. They have one child, 
Frank-Burgess, b. Nov. 7, 1861, at Cuba, Mo. 

444. Clarinda, (mis-spelled in " Genealogy ") 3d dau., b. Oct. 27, 
1804 j m. Nov. 24, 1830, Samuel Howard, of Benson, Vt., b. May 2, 1801. 
The next Sept., she with her brother Oliver, accompanied him to St. Au- 
gustine, capital of the Territory of East Florida, where he d. Dec. 2\, 1831, 
leaving by his will, five hundred dollars to the American Home Miss. Soc, 
and one thousand dollars more to the various benevolent societies of the day. 
His remains were brought back the next Spring and re-interred at Benson. 
— She m. May 28, 1833, Alonzo Safford, of Fairhaven, Vt ., one of the 
proprietors of the paper mill there; he was b. April 6, 1798. They re- 
moved 1850, to Union City, Branch Co., Mich., in 1856, to Kalamazoo, 
where they now reside. He held the office of Deacon in the Cong. Ch., in 
his native town, and now holds the same in the Plymouth Cong. Ch., of 
Kalamazoo; they have no children. 

445. Emily, 4th dau., b. Aug- 21, 1806 ; m. Oct 14, 1828, William 
Riley, only remaining child of Clark and Rebecca (Conkey) Sanford, and 
step-son of Lucinda B. Sanford. He was b. March 4, 1805, was educated 
at Capt. Partridge's Military School, in Norwich, Vt., and Middletown, 
Conn. In 1852, he went to England, France, Spain aud Germany, for the 
improvement of his farm stock. He represented the town in the State Leg- 
islature, in the years of 1853 and 1854, and was State Senator in the 
years of 1857 and 1858 In 1862 and 1863, he was in government em- 
ploy in Washington, D. C. They are both active members of the church. 
Their children are : — 

1. William Clark, b. Aug. 31, 1829 ; graduated 1854, at the 
University of Vt., at Burlington. In 1859, after teaching several years, 
he entered the Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass., but after two years, 
was compelled by poor health, to leave, and went into business at Water- 
town, Wis., where June 24, 1867, he m. Elizabeth-Emma Morgan. They 
now live in Winneconne, Wis., active in church and Sunday schools ; their 
children are: — William Morgan, b. April 17, 1868, and Emily-Lois, b« 
April 11, 1870. 

2. Oliver Bascom, b. Aug. 2. 1831 ; m. Jan. 12, 1859, Louise C. 
Collins, of Ravenna, Ohio; he was several years in Watertown, Wis., now 
lives in Freeport, 111., active in the benevolent objects of the day. 

3. Caroline, b. March 19, 1834; was Preceptress in 1856 and 
1857, in Franklin Academy, Malone, N. Y.; went south in the Fall of 
1857, and for two years was Preceptress in Orion Institute, Ala. She m. 



THOMAS BASCOM A^D HIS DESCENDANTS. [SUPPLEMENT.] 5 

Pec. 5, 1859, Charles Barrett, an Artist of Grafton, Vt., where they now 
reside. — Children are: — Charles-Sanford, b. Oct. 25, 1860; John, b. Nov. 
28, 1866. 

4. Charles, b. May 3, 1836 ; m. Aug. 31, 1865, Julia, dau. of 
Julius and Mary-Ann (Hull) Thomas, of Orwell, b. April 29, 1840 j they 
live with his parents 

5. Helen-Elvira, b. Oct. 16, 1838; d. of consumption, March /3, 
1860. 

6. Hakriet Semajn t the, b. March 13, 1841 ; made a public profes- 
sion uf religion at the age of 14. She had a sweet, lovely disposition, was 
self-sacrificing', always ready to do for others ; she m. Feb. 5, 1862, Walter 
O. Ray, of Orwell ; d. of consumption, Jan. 22, 1863. 

7 Emily-Clara b. June 16, 1849. 

446. Oliver-Hulburd, oldest son, b. Feb. 16, 1810. In the Fall 
of 18dl, he accompanied his sister. Clarinda, and her husband, to Florida, 
stopping at N. Y. City, Philadelphia and Charleston. On their return, 
stopped some days at Darien, Ga., and Charleston, S. C, where he went 
out 9 miles and back in an hour, on the railroad then building from 
Charleston, to Augusta, Ga.,beir.g, it was said, the first for passengers in 
the U. S. There were no ocean steamers then, and they were 20 days at 
sea, with head winds. He m. Sept. 4, 1834, Lucretia-Olcott, dau. of Dea- 
con Samuel and Eudotia (Hall) Young, of Orwell, b. Sept. 20, 1814; they 
are both members of the Cong. Ch., and he has held the office of Deacon, 
for the last fifteen years ; their children are : — 

1. William Oliver, b. May 13, 1838; m. Oct. 6, 1870, Marion, dau. 
of Joles M. and Harriet E. (Lee) Ormsbee, formerly of Orwell. 

2. Henry-Dorus, b. July 4, 1840 ; m. Dec. 1, 1864, Harriet, only 
remaining child of Deacon Lewis and Mercia (Clark) Hemenway, of Orwell. 
They are both memhers of the Cong. f)h., and live with her parents. 

3. Helen-Lucrecia, b. Aug. 25, 1842 ; m. Thomas-Dana Lewis, of 
Orwell, children are: — Lilian-May, b Oct. 13, 1864; Edward-Bascom, b. 
Aug. 25, 1868. She and her husband are members of the Cong. Ch. 

4. Truman-Post, b. Sept. 14, 1853; now a clerk at Fall River, 
Mass. 

447. Eunice-Semanthe, 4th and youngest dau., b* Dec. 18, 1811 ; 
m. March 18, 1840, Rev. Henry-Howard Bates, .an Episcopal clergyman, 
b. Nov. 23, 1808, at Rutland Vt. He was educated at Union College, 
Schenectady, where, under Prof. Potter, he became an Episcopalian, studied 
theology at the General Theological Seminary, New York. He was Rec- 
tor of the Episcopal Ch., in Blandford, Mass., 4 years ; at Warehouse Point, 
Conn., 8 years; at Tariffville, Conn., 6 years ; Glen's Falls, N. Y., 3 years ; 
when in 1861, he entered the army as Chaplain of the 22d Rog. N. Y. State 
Volunteers. After one year he asked and obtained a dismission from his 
parish, feeling it his duty to remain with the army another year. He was 
taken prisoner at the second Bull Run Battle, while entering the hospital 
with the wounded, and was marched three days in front of the Rebel army. 
He was then released by the Rebel Gren. Wilcox,but his over coat and satchel 
were kept* They then went to Oak Hill, Green Co., N. Y., where, after 
preaching 4J years, he d. Jan. 14, 1868. His widow lives with their sou in 



6 THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. [sUf PLEMEKT "J 

Grleu's Falls. Their children are : — 1. Henry Bascom, b. June 16, 1842; 
m. Aug. 3, 18G2, Addie-Lilian Davis, of Glen's Falls, soon alter enlisted 
in the 1st Mass. Cavalry, of Boston, to fill a regiment already in the field, 
He was a prisoner 4 months in Andersonville and Macon, Gra. ; he was in 
the army more than two years. His wife d. July 31, 1809, at his mother's, 
and their dam, Grace-Lynde, b. July 25, 1866, in Philadelphia, Pa., she 
gave in charge to her He m. Nov. Z, 1870, Julia Lippincott, of Philadel- 
phia, where they now reside. 2 Homer Bryant, b March 27, 1845, at 
Warehouse Point ; m. Sept 1, 1869, Kose A. Davis, of Glen's Falls, where 
they now live. 3. Mary-Maria, h 7 Aug. 4, 1850, at W. Point, 

448. Dorus, 2d eon, b. April 18, 1814 ; m. Feb. 12. 1839, Elizabeth 
Clark, of Orwell, b. Nov. 25.1816. He d. June 23, 1839. from a cold alter the 
measles, he was always pleasant, and of a very cheerful temperament.—- 
Their son Dorus-Clark, b. Dec. 7, 1839; m. Sept 4, 1862, Martha, dau of 
Eoswell and Eke (Hulburd) Bottum. He wa& several years a merchant, 
and then Cashier of the Orwell Bank. He is now Cashier of the bank in 
Brandon, and resides there. 

449. William-Franklin. 3d son. as. Sept. 16, 1845, Anne F. 
Strong, of Pawlet, is still professor of Greek and Latin, in the Howard 
TJuiversity, D C. They are both members of the 1st Cong. Ch. there; no 
ihaiur. ■: in their family sinee the record was sent to Mr. Harris. 

450. Samuel-Hopkins, 4th and youngest son, fitted for College, but 
poor health obliged him to seek more active employment, and he returned 
to the home farm ; he m. May 23. 1842, [448] Mrs. Elizabeth (Clark) Bas- 
com. He represented the town in the State Legislature, in 1857 and 1858. 
He is an active member in the Cong. Ch. and Sabbath school His wife 
d. Dec. 4, 1870. She was one who " always made home happy " Their only 
dau , Anne E., m. Dec. 20, 1865, C. N. North, a merchant of Shoreham, Vt. 
Their son, Julius-Bascom, was b. Feb. 24, 186L>. 

Samuel J., oldest son of Samuel and Elizabeth Bascom, was two years 
a elerk for his uncle, William F. Bascom. in Washington, in the Claim 
Agency of the U. S. Sanitary Com. In 1867, he went to Howard Co., Ks., 
and with his brother, Wyman H., was among the few who formed the first 
Cong, church in that county; he m. May 25, 1870, at St. Louis, Mo., Olive 
J. Langley, of Washington, 1). C. ; their son, Herbert -Jay, wasb. at Wash- 
ington, Feb. 26. 1871 ; they now live at Western Park, Howard Co., Kan- 
sas. 

Wyman- Hulbilkd, 2d son, in. Sept. 27, 1871, Ella- Fran celia Wyman, 
of Cleveland, Ohio. They live in Howard County, Kansas: 

380. Rebecca (Stevens) widow of Elias, eldest son of Deacon Elias 
Bascom, m. in 1807, Eoswell Post, of Cornwall, Vt. After his death and 
the removal of his son in 1832, she returned to Orwell, and lived with her 
dau., Mrs. Philomela (Bascom) Royce. After her death in 1845, she went 
to live with her son Josiah Bascom, in Whitehall, IS r . Y. where she d. 1854, 
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4. Barber-G., b. July 23, 1823, m. Jan. 7, lfe62, Hattie C. Cop- 
ley, b July 23, 1836, at Little Prairie Ronde, Cass C*,, Mich., where they 
now live. Children are: — Jennie, b. Feb. 6, 1863/; Lincoln-Eugene, b. 



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March 3, 1864; Flora, b. Sept. 2, 186&; Frank, b. Sept. 24, 186fo 'fr^^&c*-^ 

5. Eunice.Bascom, b, July 10, 18£5 ; lives at the Prairie, w^hjier. 
brother, Barber. 

6. Experience, b. Oct. 23, 1828; d. Dec. 24, 1841). 

Additions to the Record of Eunice, Oldest Bait, or Deacon 

Elias Bascom. 

382. Eunice-Bascom, b, Aug. z5,1764 ; m. Daniel Buell, of New- 
port, N. Hampshire, and removed to Orwell, Vt., where she d. while her 
children were young. They were : — 1. Rufus ; he m. and lived in West- 
ern N. Y. ; returned again to Orwell, and spent several years, then re- 
turned to the vicinity of Rochester, where he died. 

2. Lois, m. May, 1813, Rev. Mason Knappen, pastor of the Cong. 
Ch., in Orwell. She d April 1!), 1814. Her son, Daniel-Buell, b. April 
17, she gave when dying to her father. He was for several years a mem- 
ber of Middlebury College, but left before graduating. He has been a 
Universalist preacher, and still preaches occasionally. He m. 1st, Delia 
Johnson, of Whiting, Vt., 2d, Sabrina West, of Halifax, Nova Scotia ; he 
now lives in Castleton, Vt. 

3. Oliver, m. Lucy Call; d. 1825; their children were: — Oscar, 
Carlos, Oliver and Darwin. Oscar and Oliver d. in 0., Carlos and Darwin 
are in Wisconsin. 

4. Phebe, m. 1st, Orson Smith, a merchant in Orwell; 2d, Samuel 
Rowley, of G-ranville, N. Y. ; she d. several years ago. By Mr. Rowley, 
she had Harriet-Minerva, who m. Henry Nickols, of St. Paul, Minn.,, 
where they now live. 

5. Rodolphtjs, m. Polly Kingsley, of Hubberton, Vt. ; removed to 
Ogden, N. Y., where both d. Their only child, Caroline, m. a Mr. Ma- 
son, of Ogden. where they still live. 

383. Jertjsha, 2d dau. of Dea. Elias, b. Nov. 23, 1765 ; d. at , 
1828. 
Additions to the Family Record of Deacon Joseph, 3d Son of 

Deacon Elias Bascom. 
431. Edmund, 3d son of Deacon Joseph and Esther (Slack) Bas- 
com, b. Feb. 14, 1802, in Newport, N. Hampshire, removed with his father 
to Benson, Vt.. in 1814. Went to Canada, m. Lucinda Milmine, b. at Ea- 
ton, Madison Co., N. Y., Nov. 30, 1809. She d. at Mishawaka, Indiana, 
July 6, 1869. He now lives with his children in Mishawaka. Children 
are :— Esther-Matilda, b. Dec. 14 1829 ; m. D. C. Eggleston. They live 
in Mishawaka. Emily- Jane, b. Feb. 2, 1836 ; m. William Beainer ; live 
in Kansas City, Mo. Joseph Henry, b. Nov. 30, 1840; m. Sarah Jack- 
son, and d. Sept. 8, 1866, leaving a son, Edmund-Jackson. He is now in 
Union Township, St. Joseph Co., Indiana. Elizabeth M., b. March 18, 
1844; Helen L.,b. July 25, 1847, and Hattie-Lucinda, b. Feb. 15, 1851, 
are at home with their father. 



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: 485. Oliver, son of Josiah Bascom, in. Almira T\;nner.Th eir2dson 
I George Herbert, who had just entered his senior year in class '70 in Yale 
C |)Col., died at New Haven, Conn., of typhoid fever Oct. &4, 1869. ^ He was 
r/ his father's pride," and highly esteemed by those who best knew him. The 
< shock wasso great that his father who was in p )or health was so prostrated by 
y it thathe sever rallied, but gradually sunk down and d. Nov. 7, two weeks 
.< after his son. He was Canal Com., appointed for 3 years, but d. at the 
_. close ofthe first, highly esteemed and deeply mourned by the community." 

412. Philomela, 2d dan. of Elias and Rebecca S. Bascom, m. Oct. 

20, 1808, Levi Royce of Orwell. Their children are :— Luther m. Fanny 

. Dowd, Nathaniel m. Perceus Miller, Neheniiah m. Mary Fuller, Adaline m. 

-< Hiram Wicker, Marcellus m. 1st, Amelia Fuller, 2d, Katharine S. Orms- 

-.~, bee, Maryette m. Oliver Fisher, Philomela m. Rodney Smith, Elias-Bascom 

in. Mary Smith, Ellen m. Charles Wicker. 

414 Edward Stevens, youngest son of Elias and Rebecca S. B iscom 
C.£d. at Whitehall, 1868. 

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lf ^ Additions to the Record of Reuben, 2d Son op Dea. Elias Bascom. 

416. Asenatii, eldest dan. of Reuben and Lydia (Hurd) Bascom, 

| was born at Newport, N. H , May 18, 1787 ; m. Dec, 1812, Amos Noyes. 

i He d. in 1813, and she m. May, 1814, Chalker Buell, whose first wife was 

!£ Sarah Noyes, a sister of her first husband's. He d. April 30, 1850, and 

she d. July 27, 1870, in Cass Co., Mich. Children, all b. in Newport, N. 

H., were : — 

1 Amos-Noyes, b. June 24, 1816; m. Sept 22, 1842, Emily-Ade- 
laide Johnson, b. in Kentucky, Oct. 3, 1820 ; he d. Oct. 21, 1864, in Wis- 
cousin. Children are: — Asenath, b. Nov. 20, 1843; m. Aug. 22, 1870, 
Alfred Rippin.. Kate-Philena, b. June 12, 1846 Sarah-Maria, b. Nov. 
Li, 1850. Chalker-Emmons, b. Jan. 26; 1853. Carrie-Elizabeth, b. Dec. 
24, 1855. G-eorgie Emma, b. April 30, 1862. 

2. Sarah-Notes, b. March 21, 1819; m, April 30, 1838, James B, 
Johnson, b. May 23, 1816, in Ontario Co., N Y. They now live in Ne- 
vada City, Cal. Children are: 1. Frances-Livonia, b July 5, 183$ ; m. 
June 18, 1863, Israel-Tliorndike Saxby. Children :-— Ettee-Frank, b. July 
27, '65 ; d. Aug. 30. 'Of; J. Bert, b. Dec. 29, '70.2. Caroline-Ophelia, b. 
March 14, 1841; m. Feb. 2, 1866, Jehiel-Edward Matteson. Children: 
Kat\eJ b. May 2, 1867 -Ralph, b. April 18, 71. 3. James, b. Dec. 16, 1845; 
d. Feb. 7, 1846 4. Adelbert, b. April 12, 1847; d. April 22, 1850. 5. 
Robert L., b May 14, 1850 ; d .Nov.28, 1850. 6. Estella, b. Jan. 21, 1852 ; 
d. Jan. 11, 1854. 7. Leroy B , b Dec^l, 186$, in Cal 

3. Emmons, b. Feb. 15, 1821 ; m. Feb. 28, 1854, Hannah-Bush Cod- 
dington, b. Ulster Co., N. Y., Dec. 26, 1820. He received in 1852, a Colo- 
nel's commission in the 62d Reg., from the Governor of the State of N. Y. 
In 1854, went from Genesee Co., N. Y., to Cass Co., Mich., where in the Fall 
of ±862, he was elected State Senator, and served two years. In 1865, re- 
moved to Kalamazoo, Mich., where they now reside ; their only child, Walter- 
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433. Benjamin, and Ursula (Goodrich) Bascom's son, Joseph J., m. 
Sept. 29, 1869, Mary Balster, of Uxbridge, Can., where they now reside; 
Heleu m. Oct. 20, 1867, A. J. Dickinson, of Benson \ Amelia m. Oct. 20, 
1868, Harlen F. Smith, of B. 

434. Matilda (Bascom) Hansom's only dau., Harriet-Matilda, m June 
16, 1866, James Mellor, of Manchester, Eng., where they now reside ; they 
have two children. 

437. Abigail-Star, only child of Deacon Joseph Bascom and his sec- 
ond wife, b. Oct 11, 1816 ; m. Sept, 5, 1838, Roger-Griswold. of Vermont- 
ville, Mich. He was b. iu Benson, Vt., and was a son of Isaac and Nacmi 
(Barber) Griswold. Their children are : — 1. Harriette- Jane, b. May 1), 
1840; m. Oct. 28, 1863, Albert Bacon, of Traverse City, Mich. He was 
b. in Orwell, Vt. ; was killed instantly, May. 21, 1864, at Detroit, by the 
explosion of a boiler on the boat upon which he had just stepped. She re- 
turned to her father's in Vermontville. 2. Joseph- Bascom, b. June j.1 , 1842. 
He enlisted in the 2d Mich. Cavalry, Sept., 1861 ; was commissioned by Gov. 
Blair, Nov., 1864, Assistant Surgeon of 4th Mich. Infantry ; discharged 
with the regiment, May, 1866, having beeu previously promoted to Surgeon ; 
m. Feb. 26, 1868, Mary B. Wisner, of Ann Arbor. He is a practicing 
physician, and now resides at Taylor's Falls, Minn. Their son Roger- Wis- 
ner, was b. Nov. 19, 1869. 3. IsaacSesbury, b. Oct 14, 1846. 4. "Will- 
iam-Marshall, b. June 27,1848. 5. Carrie- Adella. b. Feb. 11, 1854. 6. 
Mary-Naomi, b. May 17,1856; d. April 30. 1857. A few weeks after 
Mrs Griswold sent me her family record she began to fail rapidly, and with 
a complication of diseases, died with congestion of the lungs, June 26, 
1871. She was pious, refined and intelligent, retaining in a remarkable de- 
gree an interest in her girlhood studies, so that she could still assist her 
daughter in her Latin lessons. 

Additions to the Family Record of Zeri, 4th son of D fa- 
con Elias Bascom. 

441. George-Denison Bascom, youngest son of Zeri and Mabel 
(Murray) Bascom, b. at Orwell, Vt . March 17, 1810 ; m. May 1. 1836, 
Sarah S. Taylor, of Williston, Vt., b. Jan. 10, 1814. They still live at 
Rome Center, Mich. 

Their children are :— 1. Lucretia-M., b. March 1837 ; m. Jan. 7, 1857, 
Zelotus Gallup, of Medina, Lenawee Co., Mich. Children :— Hattie L . 
William M. and Roy Z. 2. Harriet-F., b. Nov. 14, 1839; m. Sept. 30, 
1863, Andrew Hood, of Rome, Lenawee Co. Mich ; son, George-Leslie. — 
3. Julia, b. Oct. 5, 1841. 4. George-E., b. Sept. 29, 1843; both live at 
home. 5. Lucy-S., b. Sept. 15, 1845; m. Nov. 1, 1864, William-PI-Har- 
rison Smith, of Adrian, Mich. Children :— William R, and Emogene. 

389. Cynthia, 3d daughter of Deacon Elias Bascom, (should have 
been in the book next after Zeri.) b. Jan. 30, 1773; m. 1st , Daniel Blan- 
don, of Newport, N. H. ; he d. in Orwell, Vt. ; 2d. Curtis Murray of 
Williston, Vt. ; she d. Dec. 19, 1849. The Bhndon children, all born in 



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Orwell, were :— 1. Sally, b. Sept. 16, 1794; in. a Mr. Wells, of Underhill, 

Vt. ; now lives with her brother Daniel, in Toledo. 

2 Cfnthia, b. May 6, 1798, m. Franklin Allen, of Williston, re- 
moved to Tecumseh, Mich., where both d. Children were: — Elihu and 

Byron, living in Mo; Marion, m. 1st, James Whittier, 2d, Mr. Borum. both of 
Mobile, Ala., where they reside ; Lemuel, d. 1863, in the army; Elvira lives 
near Traverse City, Mich. ; Helen, m. Aaron Narcross, lives in Franklin. 
Mich., Ethan lives with his sister Helen; Electa, m. 1st, Mr. Haljoway, 2d 
Mr. Mmaghon, of Cambridge, Mich. 

3. Lemcjel, b. May 6, 1800 ; he lived ssveral years with his uncle, 
Dorus Biscom, who was his guardian ; m. Amy Thatcher, who was the 
mother of all his children. He now lives with his 3d wife, in Hubberton. 
Orleans Co., N. Y. Hls children are: — Cynthia, who m. a Mr. Stowe, 
lives in G-eneseo, 111; Amy, m. Mr. Steel, lives in Ionia Co. Mich ■ Sarah, 
m. Mr. Day, lives in Yates, Orleans Co,, N. Y. His son, Lemuel when 
last heard from, was in G-rand Rapids, Mich. 

4. Dantel, b. March 12, 1802, m. L ovina Taylor, of Williston ; they 
now live in East Toledo, Ohio. Their children are : — Sarah, in. William 
G-oss, lives in Troy, Wood C) , Ohio ; Cynthia, m. Stephen Cupps. lives in 
Webster Wood Co . ; Ira, m. Maria Maginnis, lives in Toledo; Caroline, 
m. 1st, Charles Hubbs, 2d, Mr. Williams, of Toledo; she now lives in Or- 
ego, Lucas Co., Ohio; Jane m. Richard G-arner, lives in. Toledo ; Francis- 
Hall, m. Ann Coy, lives in Oregon, L., Co., Ohio; Helen, m. David Mag-in 
nis, of Oregon, Ohio. The Murray children, all b. in Williston, were —1. 
Laura, b. April 30, 1805, m. Solon Allen, of Williston, early removed to 
Tecumseh, Mich., now live in Marshall. Children are : — Hiram, living in 
Ballevue, Mich.; Edwin and Augustus, in Marshall; Emeliue, their 
only dau., d. at Marshall, Jan. 4, 1860, aged 17 ; Lycurgus, d. at Tecumseh ; 
Solon and Walter, d. in Marshall ; Franklin, d. Sept. 4,- 1864, at Nashville' 
Tenn., in Co. M, 2d Mich. Cavalry. 

2. Hiram, b. Dec/7, 1806 ; m 1st, Lydia Holt, of Williston, 2d. Mrs. 
Charlotte (Reynolds) Morrell ; d. Oct 3, 186& Children are :— Marion, 
m. George W. Whitney ; Cynthia, m. Junious Logins ; Laura, m. Truman 
C. Naramore — all living in Williston. His widow lives with her youngest 
daughter. 

3. Lucinda, b. Eeb. 23, 1810, m. Hiram Phelps, of Williston; d. 
April 6, 1845. Children are: — Laura, m. a Mr. Chittenden, of Oshkosh, 
Wis.; Yiola, m a Mr. Whitcom, of Burlington ; Helen, lives at South 
Bend, Indiana; Kate, m. a Mr. Chapiu ; Homer, lives in Burlington; Os- 
car, in Williston; Haskill, d. in the army. 

390. None of the numerous family of Thomas and Lucy (Be scorn) 
Cutts, (4th daughter of Deacon Elias Bascom,) remain in Orwell, except 
Mrs. Lucy (Cutts) Fisher, their 2d daughter; she has no children Mrs. 
Fannie (Kingsley) Cutts, widow of Thomas, their 3d son, still lives there. — 
Their children are : — 1. Ann-Elizi, m. Aug. 9, 1859, Rev. Frederick Wid- 
mer, a Methodist minister ; they have a daughter, Fannie. 2. Henry-F., 
who lives at or near the old honi3steid; m. Oct. 29, 1862, Cornelia-Ann, 
only daughter of Linus and Thankful (Coffran) Wilcox. [See 443.] — 
Their children are: — George, Minnie, Linus W. and Arthur. 3. Martha, 



THOMAS BASCOM AND HIS DESCENDANTS. [SUPPLEMENT.] 11 

m. June 7, 1864, Walter 0. Ray, of Orwell, (his 1st wife was Hattie San- 
ford.) Children : — Charles, Hattie. A daughter of Lorrain, their oldest 
son, is the wife of Rev. William Bacon, pastor of the Cong. Ch, in Shoreham, 
an adjoining town. 

391. Rebecca. 5th daughter of Deacon Elias Basconi, b. Feb. 26, 
1780 ; m. Feb. 15, ' 1800, Benjamin Wright, of Orwell, b. Jan. 15, 1770^ 
They went to Stockholm, N. Y., thence to Brasher Falls, N. Y. He d. Dec. 
11,1838; she d. Jan. 10, 1862, the last of her father's large family.— 
Their children were: — 

1. Lucinda, b. Feb. 23, 1803, m. Justin Bell, who d. 1851. Chil- 
dren are : — Ira, Oliver, Warren and Elias, 2. Benjamin, b. Dec. 1, 1805, 
m. Minerva Partridge ; he , d., left two daughters living in Stockholm. — 
3. Ira-Baseom, b. March 22, 1808, in. Jerusha Hillard, lives at Brasher 
Falls. Children : — David, lives in Oconto, Wis ; Lucinda, Sarah. Harlow 
an'd 'Nan cj, living at Brasher Falls. 4. Basconi b. April 24. 1811, m. 
Achsa Shaw, now lives in' Vista, Johnson Co., Neb. 5. Harlow, b. Sept. 
10, 1813, m., and lives in Ovid; P. O., CUdwater, Mich. 6. Alonzo, b. 
July 4, 1816, m. Miry-Elizi Butler, lives in Vista, Johnson Co., Neb. 7. 
John-Allen, b. July 9, 1820, m. Eunice Butler, lives in Vista, Johnson Co.. 
Nebraska. 

393. Lucinda, b. 1786, m. Clark Sanford, of Orwell, d. April 7, 1843. 
She had no children. 






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